Jordan’s Queen Rania on Monday calls for “legal” paths into Europe for refugees, criticizing the EU’s controversial deal with Turkey which she said endangers lives.
“The deep concern is that many of the refugees…will now start to seek more dangerous routes,” Queen Rania says in reference to the EU-Turkey deal agreed in March to stem the migration flow.
“It’s absolutely crucial for us to look for legal alternatives and more safe and effective pathways to Europe and areas of safety,” she says on the Greek island of Lesbos, the focal point of Europe’s greatest migration challenge since World War II.
Under the EU-Turkey deal which went into force on March 20, all migrants whose asylum claims are rejected will be sent back to Turkey.
More than 320 people have been expelled so far, most of them Pakistanis, in expulsions which aid agencies such as Human Rights Watch have described as “abusive,” raising questions about the fate of the deportees in Turkey.
— AFP
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