No party for refugees

Olivier Brachet, director of the Forum Réfugiés, and journalist Alexandra Ouraeff call attention to the situation of refugees in Europe: "Today we are supposed to celebrate Europe, without calling the symbolic content of this celebration into question ... but we are not able to do this wholeheartedly. This is not because we doubt the fundamental project of the European organisation. The EU is intended to bring great improvements in the area of asylum-seekers and refugees, but the problem is that this is not the case. ... We want refugees within the EU's borders and beyond to be protected. The responsibility of the EU member states does not end at Europe's gates. We want the successful integration of refugees in Europe. And finally we want rejected asylum-seekers to be treated with dignity. ... We hope that ... the work already begun will raise the standards of the European Union instead of maintaining them constant. If it accomplishes this, we will be able to celebrate wholeheartedly."

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