Meeting with him Deputy Foreign Minister of QatarSultan bin Saad Al Muraiki, had the Minister of Immigration and Asylum Notis Mitarakis on the sidelines Doha Forum 2022.
According to an announcement by the Greek ministry, the current ones were at the center of the discussion developments in Ukrainethe situation prevailing in Afghanistan and Syria, as well as issues of bilateral cooperation.
Earlier o Minister of Immigration and Asylum participated as a keynote speaker in a discussion on “The Global Displacement: Beyond Humanitarianism” at the Doha Forum 2022 held March 26-27 in Qatar.
In his speech, Mr Mitarakis referred extensively to crisis in UkraineEmphasizing: “I am proud as a member of the Council that we voted on 4 March to activate Directive 55 of 2001 which has never been used before. Allows Ukrainian citizens, their families and recognized refugees in Ukraine to enter, without a visa, any country of the European Union, which is automatically granted a 12-month work permit, which will probably be renewed for another 12 months, with access to housing, food, if needed, and the labor market, of course access to medical care “.
Regarding its activation European Directive about temporary protection “We have abolished internal borders within the EU. Borders created 30 years ago by the Dublin Regulation and prevented refugees from moving from one Member State to another. “I raised this issue a year ago in the European Parliament, saying that Europe must be able to provide a common area of ​​protection for refugees within the EU.”
Then, Mr. Mitarakis “We have invested, over the last seven years, through the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration, 1 billion euros to protect people who have passed through our country during that time,” he said.
Concluding his speech, Mr. Mitarakis stressed the need for common solutions at EU level, adding that “we can not expect individual countries to face global problems.”
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