Mayor in seven German cities pled with the government for the right to welcome underage refugees from Greece. The move comes after the federal parliament rejected a motion to accept minors from Greek refugee camps.
06.03.2020
A plea letter signed by the mayors of seven German cities has called on the federal government to allow the cities to accept underage migrants from refugee camps in Greece.
The mayors of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Potsdam, Hanover, Freiburg, Rottenburg and Frankfurt (Oder), as well as the interior minister of Lower Saxony, Boris Pistorius, signed the appeal. The plea came two days after the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of parliament, rejected a motion to admit thousands of underage asylum-seekers from Greek refugee camps.
“The situation on the Greek islands” has “dramatically worsened in the last few days,” read the joint statement, excerpts of which were published by the Hanover-based RND news network. “For children and women, in particular, the completely overcrowded camps, which lack the most necessary infrastructure, medical care and shelters, are untenable.”
Read more at https://www.dw.com/en/seven-german-mayors-allow-us-to-accept-underage-refugees/a-52657792
