Asylum seekers are presumably safe once upon their arrival in Greece. Yet thousands upon thousands are continuing their journeys to Germany anyway.
New data—revealed as part of a response to a parliamentary question from the Green Party—show that well over 100,000 migrants with protection status recognised in Greece have reapplied for asylum in Germany.
Of these, around 45,000 came from Afghanistan, 36,000 from Syria and 12,000 from Iraq. Somalia, Iran, and Sudan are also listed as countries of origin, while the nationality of around 5,000 individuals remains unknown.
AfD Bundestag member Sebastian Münzenmaier said in April that this undermines the Schengen system and “must be stopped immediately.”
Georg Pazderski, another AfD politician, added in response to the latest figures that Greece “waving asylum seekers through to Germany” was “in violation of the Dublin III Agreement,” which decides which nation is responsible for processing asylum claims.
Die vielbeschworene europäische Solidarität❗️
Griechenland winkt Asylbewerber – unter Verletzung des Dublin III Abkommens – nach Deutschland durch und will von Rücknahme nichts wissen.
Ganz nebenbei kassiert man als fünftgrößter Nettoempfänger EU-Gelder, die zum erklecklichen… pic.twitter.com/36rNlcs4sA
And Junge Freiheitnoted on Tuesday that while a Federal Administrative Court ruling in April means it has been possible to reject these asylum applications as inadmissible, “it has hardly been implemented so far.”
A not too dissimilar situation is underway in the UK, with ‘asylum seekers’ crossing the Channel from France—a safe country—to stay there instead. This works nicely for Paris, which, as a result, has to deal with tens of thousands fewer migrants each year. Indeed, officials recently revealed that France is backing away from its commitment to intercept migrant boats heading to the UK altogether.
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
