Telephone communication with Commissioner for Home Affairs and Immigration, Ylva Johanssonhad the president of SYRIZA-PS, Alexis Tsipras, in order to inform her about his visit to Kalamata after the fatal shipwreck in Pylos.

According to the SYRIZA announcement, Mr. Tsipras “stressed the importance of clarifying the causes of the tragedy as soon as possible and underlined that this case demonstrates in the clearest way the failure of the EU to promote a structured refugee-immigration policy that to put saving human life as the first priority”.

THE Alexis Tsipras He also noted that “negotiations for a European Migration and Asylum Agreement must radically change direction and focus on ensuring legal and safe resettlement channels for refugees in member states of the EU in a fair way. Finally, he added that it is a shame that the Mediterranean is filled with corpses, while at the same time in Brussels, respect for international law is presented as a “luxury” and there is a discussion about the price to be paid by member states, so that they do not host refugees”.