“The tragic incident in Evros with many days of imprisonment of refugees and immigrants on an island in the river and the confirmation of the death of a child highlight the vulnerability of immigration policy,” says PASOK – Movement for Change.

That is why, as stated in his statement, “he intends to bring the incident to the consideration of Parliament in order to answer under what conditions 38 Syrian refugees ended up on the island, how they were trapped there for several days, what were the actions of the services of the Greek state and what was the position of the Turkish authorities.

And, “therefore”, “the protection of borders and the parallel unwavering protection of human rights, the substantial prevention of the instrumentalization of immigration by Turkey and the fair distribution of the accommodation of asylum seekers and refugees between European states should be the building blocks of an integrated and coherent European immigration policy,” the statement concludes. PASOK – Movements for Change.