The Luxembourg refugees' collective LFR (Lëtzebuerger Flüchlingsrot) has called for action after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp in Greece.
In a statement issued earlier today, the LFR stressed that it had always strongly condemned the untenable situation in the refugee camps, including that of Moria in Greece. In its open letter sent in April 2020 to the Presidents of the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament as well as to the Foreign Ministers of EU member states, the LFR called for urgent joint reflection in order to relocate all applicants for international protection currently in these camps and to distribute them in European countries, giving priority to vulnerable people.
The collective lamented the failure of EU member states to agree on a common asylum policy and a real and fair "distribution" of refugees stranded at European borders.
In light of the recent and ongoing fires in Moria, Greece's largest refugee camp, the LFR has demanded concrete and immediate action from the Luxembourg government and those of the other EU member states. The collective stressed the necessity of bringing these refugees to safety and urgently distributing them among the various member states. Some 12,000 people have been affected by the blaze in Moria - some of whom could (and should) be welcomed in Luxembourg according to the LFR.
As reported by other local news sources, the Grand Duchy is indeed considering taking in some young refugees, with the Minister of European and Foreign Affairs, Jean Asselborn, having discussed with the European Commission the possibility of the EU taking in 400 refugees to be divided among the different member states.
