European Parliament Vice President Roberta Metsola had what she described as an excellent meeting with Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens today as the push for a shared deal on migration intensifies.
They discussed the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and underlined the need for global and European actors to work together with the United Nations to find solutions that enable people experiencing this humanitarian tragedy to seek protection in the region – quickly – in a safe, humane and organised way.
Migration, she said, is a challenge that cannot be left to Member States like Greece or Malta or Italy to deal with – it is a shared European and global challenge and must become a shared responsibility. We will keep calling for agreement in Europe on a deal that is fair with those in need of protection, firm with those who are not eligible, strong with those trafficking networks that seek to exploit the vulnerable and that protects our borders.
