EU gives €80m for migrants’ housing program in Greece

They did it. Greece’s European partners do everything to have refugees and migrants trapped in Greece. For this purpose, the European Commission sent Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for Budget & Human Resources with a huge signature pen and a pledge of 80 million euro for the housing of migrants.

Georgieva signed the 80-million-euro agreement which is a rent subsidy program for up to 20,000 people for the year 2016.

European Commission statement

“The European Commission and the UNHCR today launched a scheme to provide 20.000 additional reception places for asylum seekers and relocation candidates in Greece through subsidies for housing in the private sector.

The European Commission and the UNHCR today launched a scheme to provide 20,000 additional reception places for asylum seekers and relocation candidates in Greece through subsidies for housing in the private sector. The Commission is providing €80 million from the 2016 EU budget. This declaration helps to deliver on a commitment made by Greece and the UNHCR during the Western Balkans Leaders’ Meeting on 25 October 2015.”

Kristalina Georgieva hailed the EC action, saying:

“Today we stand in solidarity with Greece and with children, women and men seeking refuge in Europe. The scheme we are launching offers EU budgetary support for families, notably providing them with adequate shelter,” and other  nice things about the EC commitment to “find long-term solutions to the refugee crisis in Europe.”

Main thing, the refugees stay in Greece and do not bother the other EU countries, right?

“The program will significantly increase Greece’s capacity to shelter migrants, which currently stands at about 10,000,” according to an EU official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he or she was not authorized to talk to the media.

Speaking to Associated Press, the EU Commissioner said that “Families could stay at an accommodation for two months, so the number involved over the year would be quite a lot higher than 20,000.”

Migrants will receive hotel vouchers or checks to rent vacant apartments of the private sector.

In EU’s terminology, “migrants” are people from countries other than Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. They may be “verified asylum-seekers” but the EU reufses to accept them violating its own laws as it cannot pre-select asylum seekers based in the country of origin and disregard the individual conditions.

Media reports did not reveal the amount that each beneficiary will receive.

BTW I think these people also need to eat, and pay bills, and cover other needs and pay for heating as they will rent apartments also in the winter time, as well – or not?

PS Hypocrisy is the new name the EU has earned with lots of Bravo!