Bulgaria
and Croatia refuse asylum camps
Croatia
and Bulgaria have both turned down the controversial UK and Italian idea that
they house asylum camps for immigrants trying to get into the EU.
The
Presidents of both of these future EU member states, Stipe Mesic and Georgi
Parvanov, refused the idea after bilateral talks on Monday, Der Standard
reports.
Croatia's
Mr Mesic said that he thought those who came up with the idea would be better
occupied trying to find solutions to the regional crisis in the Balkans
instead.
Mr
Parvanov said that all EU member states and those waiting to become members
should act together - adding that neither Bulgaria nor other states could be
expected to take on "strange ghettos" to isolate refugees.
The
predominantly British idea for camps in third countries to 'process' those
seeking entrance to the EU was rejected by EU leaders at the Thessaloniki
Summit in June.
Press
Articles <http://derstandard.at/?id=1360560>Der Standard Written by Honor
Mahony
Edited
by Paul Kidner
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