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Objet : Europe’s Refugees Deserve Better
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| The plight of the asylum seekers shows how Europe’s values are being eroded.
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| Pierre,
There is a striking contrast between Europe’s legacy of providing protection
to victims of past conflicts and its treatment of the asylum seekers reaching
its shores today.
My own story is one of surviving Nazi occupation and fleeing
communist-dominated Hungary in 1947 to be welcomed in England. I was given an
opportunity to start a new life. And I was treated with respect and kindness,
for which I am grateful.
I was one of millions in Europe who fled their homes after World War II.
Following that humanitarian crisis, Europe adopted the Refugee Convention in
1951. This policy became its moral and operational backbone for decades, and it
was tested soon after it was adopted, when more than 200,000 fled Hungary after
the 1956 Soviet invasion. The same happened a decade later, after Soviet troops
invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968. During Yugoslavia’s civil war in the 1990s,
almost four million people were displaced. Each time, European states stepped
in to help.
Watch a short video on Europe’s history of embracing refugees.
Today, victims fleeing civil war in Syria and brutal government repression in
countries like Eritrea are not being shown the same consideration.
The European Union was conceived as an instrument of solidarity and
cooperation. The plight of asylum seekers today exposes how these values are
being eroded. By failing to help the refugees, this political union that I
believed to be the embodiment of an open society is failing before our very
eyes.
The lack of a unified European policy towards asylum and migration has allowed
member states to act selfishly and irresponsibly. Frontline countries like
Greece and Italy are neglecting to provide adequate reception and asylum
processing, while others, like Hungary, are sealing their borders to keep out
those in need.
The chaos created by this lack of coordination has made the influx of refugees
seem like an intractable problem. It has precipitated panic and steered public
opinion against the refugees—so much so that we risk forgetting that the
refugees are the victims here. The EU needs to accept responsibility for the
political crisis caused by the lack of a common policy and vision.
The current patchwork of 28 separate asylum systems does not work—it produces
inconsistent results in determining who qualifies for asylum and who does not.
To respond to the crisis, Europe needs a fair and comprehensive plan. It’s time
for the EU to bring back the generous, collective spirit it was founded
upon—one that reflects the European values set forth over half a century ago.
Thanks,
George Soros
Founder and Chairman
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