Greece wants the EU to impose sanctions on countries that refuse to accept deported migrants

Greece is calling on other European Union member states to accept a proposed sanctions plan for countries that refuse to accept migrants deported by the bloc.

Dimitris Kairidis, Greece’s Minister for Asylum and Migration, said that existing bilateral agreements on the return of migrants between individual member countries EU and countries outside the bloc, turned out to be ineffective.

“Europe must demand that these countries return their citizens. Otherwise, sanctions will be imposed and there will be no financial assistance. Europe has the right to impose its will on this issue.”Kairidis said in an interview with state television on Tuesday evening.

According to him, the proposal for sanctions is being discussed at the final stage of negotiations on the revision of migration rules within the entire EU. According to the Greek minister, the failure to implement an effective deportation policy “will make Europe a laughingstock* regarding the asylum process.”

Greece and nearby Italy are currently facing a surge in migrant arrivals, increasing pressure on the EU to finalize a migration deal. Eighty-eight migrants from Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, including 20 children, were “rescued” from a boat in distress off the coast of the southern Peloponnese by a passing oil tanker on Wednesday, authorities said. Hours earlier, 82 migrants were rescued off the eastern island of Symi.

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