Members of the European Parliament are calling for Fabrice Leggeri, the executive director of the EU Border and Coastguard Agency, Frontex, to be fired for pushing back illegal migrants.
The EU isn’t concerned about the well-being of taxpaying, law-abiding Europeans. The EU has championed the UN Migration Pact, which advances the ridiculous notion that mass migration is a “human right”; even though migrants are unvetted, most have been found to be not refugees but economic migrants, and among them are jihadists posing as refugees.
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen was reportedly “embarrassed” by Frontex. She has hailed Greece as “Europe’s shield,” from which many migrants relocate to other EU countries. But in September, it was reported that Greece was ramping up its border security in preparation for Turkey to unleash a new wave of migrants. Greece has been suffering its own crisis over the Muslim migrant overload and lawlessness, and has also lost track of tens of thousands of migrants. But none of Greece’s woes matters to the EU or to von der Leyen. In July, the EU Commission declared that asylum rejections at borders were illegal, and not consistent with EU “values.”
“MEPs call for EU Border Agency director to resign over ‘migrant pushbacks,'” by Efi Koutsokosta, Euronews, December 1, 2020:
MEPs have called on the Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director of EU Border and Coastguard Agency Frontex to resign. It comes after allegations on the agency’s involvement in illegal practices and rights violations.
Politicians from the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament said he failed to answer questions relating to the agency’s involvement in pushbacks at the EU’s external borders aimed at preventing asylum-seekers from entering the EU.
It follows a heated hearing in Brussels in which Leggeri defended Frontex staff saying:
“We have not found evidence that there were active direct or indirect participation of Frontex staff or officers deployed by Frontex in pushbacks.”
He commented on Greece’s alleged illegal practice of pushing back migrants to Turkey, that it was up to the competent authorities, pushing the responsibility onto Athens. He explains that if no rescue is declared by the competent authority, then there is a possibility to carry out an ‘interception at the borders’ and the host member state of a Frontex operation could ‘invite the boat to change its course’.
But not everyone is convinced. A Swedish team that participated in a border operation say it was asked not to report any violations.
“We are not just shocked by the reports but we are also saddened by them,” said socialist MEP Tanja Fajon.
“All incidents, firing, shots at people, destroying boat engines, putting people back in boats and throwing them away in fact we are speaking about pushbacks.”……
mortimer says
The members of the European Parliament are INSANE.
The purpose of a border agency is to CONTROL the border.
Jayell says
Any member of any Parliament is supposed to be upholding the sovereign integrity of the country he/she serves and working to safeguard its citizens. That includes ensuring that anyone entering the country does so legally and preventing anyone entering who should not be doing so, and also includes supporting any front-line officer who has the job of putting that into practice. So what these MP’s think they’re playing at is a bit of a mystery and certainly amounts to gross dereliction of duty. Sack the lot of them!
Mount Zion says
All the EU Parliament Members who called for the firing of border agency director should be fired .
Michael Copeland says
Will socialist MEP Tanja Fajon open her house to illegal arrivals, please?
Giacomo Latta says
As I have discovered from knowing a few rich socialists, they are happy to contribute financially to organizations whose objective is to help various disadvantaged groups but they have no desire to actually mix with any members of these groups.
James Lincoln says
Giacomo Latta,
Absolutely true.
The problem arises when the rich socialists run out of “other people’s neighborhoods”…
Chrissie01 says
The EU just annexed the continent. There has never been any vote or referendum if the peoples of Europe wanted this. They don’t. And in particular, the Greeks, Italians and Spaniards bear the main brunt of this invasion. They are completely ignored, although they are most affected. Their communities have become living hell holes.
These EU people are usurpers, and not democrats.
And yes, Michael Copeland: You are absolutely right!
Charity is a voluntary concept and should remain one.
Forcing other people to be “charitable” with their money (obviously the core of Europeanism) …is, yes, what actually is it? It may look very humane. But it is the attempt to gain control of the European countries by intentionally generating strife and unrest and, ultimately, poverty. The dirty version of divide and conquer.
GreekEmpress says
+1
If Greece didn’t push back, it would soon be part of Turkey.
Ron Berti says
You bring up an interesting point. If Germany and the Netherlands were under the same “assault” from illiterate people who would struggle in their new countries, perhaps we’d have a little different attitude from the northern European entities. OTOH, maybe not. Germany took in (if I recall correctly) 1M people from the middle east, who are culturally difficult to assimilate and who have little in the way of modern, useful skills. And they seem to not have changed their mind. In fact, Germany is becoming more like the middle east.
Infidel says
Why do Europeans still elect socialists and democrats to their parliament, when they’ve shown how inept they are even in defending secular, left-leaning values like gay rights, feminism, animal rights et al against the brunt of Mohammedan invaders?
Every Social Democrat Party in Europe should be outlawed just like the Nazis were
Apathy Rules the World says
It’s because of the free stuff.
katherine says
Dominion software elected them – not the voters
Antiislamicman says
These politicians must have a screw lose.
James Lincoln says
So, if I understand this correctly, certain EU Parliament members want the border agency director to allow illegal migrants to enter Europe.
?????
Hoi Polloi says
Should be fired…. Yes, all officials who refuse to protect borders. Greece is our shield,…By which she meant, they’ve sacrificed Greece and Italy, too, without a second thought for their citizens.
Friends in Italy have told us for years that the EU is squeezing the life out of them. German friends make clear that they are afraid to discuss it. The Swiss are angry at the stranglehold the EU has them in even after they refused to join. These EU crystal palace denizens will stop at nothing.
Malcolm Bell says
Hoi Polloi I think you might need to re-read the story. He is being pressured to resign because he DID protect the borders…
Hoi Polloi says
Maybe I wasn’t clear enough. Instead of tolerating these government employees and politicians who call for open borders, while persecuting those who protect them, I would like to see them driven out, fired, and in some cases, prosecuted. That is the “should be fired” intent.
Yogi says
Merkel traitor and all this disgusting elite, in Corrupted EU. Should be on Nürnberg trial for crime against Europeans. It’s all planed !!, it’s no crisis , it’s all planned ahead to destroy Europe, and is going fine so far ..
gravenimage says
EU Parliament members call for firing of border agency director for preventing illegal migrants from entering Europe
……………………
Suicidal insanity.
Jeff Friedberg says
Let them all have whatever they want.
DNA will always win in the end.
Crusades Were Right says
There needs to be a Great Reawakening in Europe: a resurgence in Christianity, and pride in European identity and Western Civilisation. We need to protect our homelands, and exclude those who don’t belong in them.
No? Too “racist” and “Islamophobic”? Not “21st Century” enough for you? Oh well, I guess that being on the wrong end of colonisation, conquest, dhimmitude and the odd genocide here and there won’t be so bad.
Hm?
OLG UY says
Nothing like getting fired for doing your job. The problem with those who push diversity is they think everyone loves everyone. Unfortunately that’s not true, their are evil people and people who want what you have and are not willing to work for it, but will take it from you if they can. There are also those who are so filled with hate that they would rather kill you then be your neighbor. Countries have borders to protect people of like minds from those who follow a violent ideology and want to do you harm. Islam is one of those troubled ideologies that has no room for other life styles or religious beliefs. A good reason for borders.
job says
Don’t fire him, give him a medal.