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EU Refugee Rules Must Be Consistent for All EU Countries – Tsipras

© AFP 2023A migrant stands on a border gate as he and other migrants and refugees try to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, on December 3, 2015.
A migrant stands on a border gate as he and other migrants and refugees try to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, on December 3, 2015. - Sputnik International
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that Europe would not settle the refugee crisis by building up fences and encouraging racism.

BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — Measures taken by the European Union to resolve a massive refugee crisis cannot be mandatory for some and voluntary for other EU member states, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Thursday.

"We must remain united … but united and with solidarity everywhere, not only in the northwestern side of Europe, but also in the southeastern, also in the Mediterranean. In Europe [there] cannot be rules for some and ‘a la carte’ [voluntary] for others," Tsipras said, arriving at the European Council summit in Brussels.

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The Greek prime minister added that Europe would not settle the refugee crisis by building up fences and encouraging racism.

The European Union is currently struggling to manage a massive refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The EU border agency Frontex recorded more than 1.8 million illegal border crossings into the European Union in 2015.

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