Athens makes for Hotspots Tempo

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Athens makes for Hotspots Tempo

With the completion of Registrierungszentren for incoming refugees depends on Greece behind schedule. After the EU during the previous week, the pressure had increased, there is now apparently a movement in the matter.

Refugees in front of the registration centre on Lesvos

Greece wants to build the Registrierungszentren, also Hotspots, accelerate that within two weeks of your work can record. This was announced by the office of the Prime Minister after consultation of Cabinet. So far only one of five planned Registrierungszentren in operation. It is located on the island of Lesbos in Mória a few kilometres to the North of the island capital of Mytilini.

The Ministry of defence will play a more active role, so that the Hotspots on the Islands of Samos, Lesvos, Chios, Kos and Leros, within two weeks, it is now in Athens. In addition, the two planned resettlement camp for the 4000 passengers on the Greek mainland close to Thessaloniki and Athens – will be completed. As the magazine “Der Spiegel” further reported, announced the Ministry now, for a limited time, on the five Islands coordinators, and with other forces and Expertise in the establishment of Hotspots to help.

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Delay because of shortage of staff?

Originally wanted to Athens all centers by the end of 2015 done. The delay will, among other things, with lack of staff is justified. The EU have so far, not all of the promised additional forces to Greece is sent, it has been reported a week ago in Athens. According to information from the German press Agency is on the island of Chios planned second Hotspot is almost finished. Well get on with the Work at the reception centers on Leros and Samos. The biggest problems there are on the island of Kos. There were local authorities to refuse to a suitable place to provide.

Many member States, above all Austria, take Greece for some time, its sea border with Turkey, is not sufficiently secure. Across the Mediterranean to come is by far the most refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq in the EU. Almost every day people die in the Crossing. The conditions on the Greek Islands have, according to aid agencies has not improved considerably.

Reprimand by EU interior Ministers

In the past week asked the EU home Affairs Ministers, the EU Commission, to examine whether Greece at its external border of the Schengen Grenzregeln meet. Should this not be the case, could Greece in may 2016 in accordance with Clause 26 of the Schengen border regime is practically impossible.

“The external border of Greece further to the inside in Europe Hiking”, threatened the Austrian interior Minister Johanna Mikl-ladders. On this political pressure did the Greek Interior Secretary Ioannis Mouzalas turn, with accusations. The EU would be Greece not enough help. Instead of 15 boats of the border guard Agency Frontex, we need 100 in the Aegean sea.

kle/ml (rtr, dpa, afp, spiegel.de)