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Europe on Brink of another Refugee Crisis – German Interior Minister

Europe on Brink of another Refugee Crisis – German Interior Minister
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By Staff, Agencies

Europe may soon face a massive inflow of refugees and migrants that will be even bigger than at the peak of the infamous crisis, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer warned, urging to assist Greece and Turkey.

“We must do more to help our European partners with controls on the EU external borders. We have left them alone for too long,” Seehofer told German Bild am Sonntag newspaper in the wake of his visit to Greece and Turkey, where he also discussed migration policies.

Seehofer also warned that if Europe does not find “strength to solve this problem” it could see a “loss of control” in case another refugee crisis breaks out. The minister, who spoke with the Turks and the Greeks with the incoming EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, vowed that the two countries will do “everything so that it does not happen again.”

He has already pledged more support for both nations, although these promises have not been translated into any specific steps just yet. Options for Greece involve sending in German migration agents and IT specialists to train the local staff and help with asylum applications and data processing as well as beefing up coastal guard forces. It is Athens that gets to decide what type of assistance it needs, though.

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