Europe Betrayed Migrants: New York Times

• 03.21.2016, 22:51
•  Europe,  Region,  Near East,  World

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Although the deal signed between Turkey and the EU on March 18 aims at overcoming the migrant crisis that has become a real headache for the EU during the past year, the Western media reacted quite negatively to this deal. The cause of the dissatisfaction is not only the deal and its points, but also the fact that the EU cooperates with Turkey and its authoritarian regime.

Thus, the Financial Times addressing this deal stated that the EU political leaders literally "sold their souls" for quite a "repellent" and at the same time "quite weak" deal.  

"That day the EU not only sold its soul, but signed rather a weak deal," the newspaper writes. According to the Financial Times, in any case the deal with Turkey will not be able to "seriously weaken the pressure" on Europe, because of the continuing growth in the number of refugees. Therefore, its practical value tends to be zero, and the many advantages of Ankara, including visa-free regime with the EU will only further fragmentize the Union. "Anyone who is committed to democracy and human rights, will hate this deal," the Financial Times concludes.

Swiss Neue Zuercher Zeitung, in turn writes that the EU has signed a deal with "unreliable partner" - Erdogan, which from moral and political point of view is quite doubtful. The weekly notes that Erdogan is pursuing a more dictatorial policy and the EU, recognizing him as a "reliable partner", will now have to turn a blind eye on human rights violations in Turkey. Thus, the EU has made itself dependent upon Turkey, Swiss newspaper says. Austrian Der Standard also writes about the increase in the EU's dependence on Turkey due to the deal. According to the publication, the major mistake of the Europeans is changing one "illegal" migrant with a "legal" one, due to which Turkey will manage the flow of migrants to Europe as it desires by exerting constant pressure on the EU.

The German Der Spiegel also writes that with this deal the European Union has increased its dependence on Turkey and from its authoritarian president Erdogan. Moreover, it is clear to everyone that the implementation of the program is going to be very difficult in practice, the newspaper adds.

The Washington Post called the migration deal between Turkey and the EU controversial, because Germany, the epicenter of the immigration crisis, faced another problem: what to do with those who are already located there.

The New York Times writes that with the deal with Turkey Europe has betrayed migrants. According to the publication, the agreement with Turkey for Europe has become a great opportunity to overcome the migration crisis, however, for the thousands of migrants coming from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries this agreement is a full disappointment, because Europe was their last hope, the newspaper reports. Now migrants are forced to think about their future in Turkey, which is becoming more dangerous.