23 June 2017
Czechia, Prague – Central European nations representatives met again to enforce their plan against mass migration coming to Europe.
On Monday, June 19, representatives from
the countries of the Central European Defence Cooperation (CEDC) –
Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria Slovenia and Croatia – met in order
to pledge a closer cooperation on tackling illegal migration by the use
of common civil and military means.
At the meeting, the participants issued a
short declaration which welcomes the Joint Action Plan and calls on the
interior ministers of the involved countries to finalize it in the
shortest time possible. The declaration takes note of the unified
situation assessment, which facilitates the quick and joint mobilization
of civilian, police and military capabilities, and states that the most
important task is the protection of the external borders of the EU and
the elimination of the root causes of migration in the sending
countries.
It underlines that the CEDC member
countries are willing to further enhance their cooperation and, if
needed, to provide mutual assistance in the interest of managing the
migration crisis. The declaration also emphasizes the importance of
preserving stability in the Western Balkans.
Central Europe stands firmly against migrants redistribution
This streghtened cooperation comes at
the same time than some new strong declarations fo Viktor Orbán, as he
pursues his fight with Brussels on the 2 years old topic.
Ahead of a two-day meeting in Brussels,
the Hungarian Prime Minister told the press that Western European member
states want to “get rid of the migrants they unjustifiably let in” by
distributing them among countries, such as Hungary, that protected
themselves and refused to let in any migrants.
He said he expected member states to
reach a consensus on this issue, arguing that most of them agree with a
proposal to set up refugee camps along Libya’s northern and southern
borders, where economic migrants should be separated from refugees.
These camps should also be the place where migrants are registered,
subjected to anti-terror screening, he added. Once these procedures are
taken care of, only those whose identities are confirmed and who are
known not to pose a security risk will be allowed to set foot in Europe,
Orbán said.
A position that the Austrian Foreign
Minister Sebastian Kurz agrees with. On Tuesday, June 13, he told the
press once again his will to make deals with Egypt and Tunisia to bring
people intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea in specially-established
refugee reception centers set in these countries.
Central Europe will not negotiate on migration, which can be handled if there is a will to do so
In addition to the several declarations
of different ministers from all V4 countries aiming to let know western
elites that Central European countries prefer to face sanctions than
taking in migrants, Central European leaders made clear that no
negotiation on the migration topic would take place.
During the oath-taking ceremony of 1,206
border police officers in Budapest’s Heroes Square, Viktor Orbán said
Hungary is the first to prove that “migration, so far believed to be
uncontrollable, can be controlled, stopped, and reversed”.
PM Orbán also said that unless a country
has border control and “brave border police” there will be “no welfare,
security, order or development just uncertainty, fear, chaos, anger and
trucks driving into the people.”
After the successful popular
consultation initiated by the Hungarian government, Orbán has the more
arguments against the Western elites’ scheme: “Countries now
experimenting with the creation of Eurabia – or with the amalgamation of
the remnants of Islamic and Christian culture – will now have to
recognize that it’s not only the Hungarian government who don’t want to
take part in such experiments, but that the Hungarian people have
declared this in every form possible at every opportunity”.