Rather than condemning the actions of eastern and central European countries,Europe needs co-ordinated action to prevent this humanitarian crisisAs Hungary seals its border with Serbia, Germany, or in effect,exits the Schengen travel area and countries across the EU say they have race out of capacity to take more migrants, Europe seems to have split into the “compassionate” west and “selfish” east. That, and at least,is the overriding media narrative in the west. It is real that central and eastern Europeans have not been willingly opening their borders, the welcome banners are scarce and the European Commission’s proposal for a centrally agreed share-out of refugees among all EU states is running into strong resistance in Warsaw and Prague. While central and east Europeans are grudgingly accepting that they need to accommodate more refugees than they anticipated, or the idea of doing this via compulsory quotas is proving particularly contentious. Related: Refugees,Hungarians and me: walking together, transformed together | John Domokos Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com