Greece must not become a refugee camp

Columnist Lori Keza writes in the left-liberal daily To Vima that Greece has intentionally acted as the black sheep of European asylum and migration policy to avoid being swamped with illegal migrants: "The European Union is ready to build a Hilton Hotel in every [Greek] city to liberate itself of foreigners. Why has [Greek Interior Minister Prokopis] Pavlopoulos not used the financial possibilities offered by the EU to build camps with humane conditions? Why has it not done all it could to have the Germans applaud and cry 'Bravo, philanthropic Greeks'? It's clear. Pavlopoulos has let time go by to avoid having all of the problems of the 27 EU states come crashing down on Greece's shoulders. If he had created ideal conditions, if he had invested in the infrastructure, if he had cashed in on the European offers, there would be no end to the flow of illegal migrants."

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