11 January 2021 2:14pm
The cross-parties “Christmas appeal” which cites humanitarian concerns by MPs of the Greens, the Social Democrats and the Left Party but also by dozens of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the FDP Liberals. They urge the German government to cooperate with the federal states and municipal councils where there is also growing support for letting more of the refugees from Greece into Germany.
The appeal references an “ongoing catastrophic situation” especially on the Greek islands. The signers laud the admissions already allowed. Within the framework of several contingents since April more than 1,500 refugees were allowed in, 88 recently. But these are not enough, the appeal says: “This is why we as Members of the Bundestag call on the federal government to work for adherence to European human rights and laws and to speed up the admission of refugees from the Greek islands to Germany,” expressly more than the already “pledged contingent”.