Therefore, ten countries will welcome the immigrants of the Ocean Viking. Gérald Darmanin announced Thursday on TF1 that nine European countries have agreed to welcome “two thirds” of the 234 migrants picked up by the humanitarian ship, which is due to dock in Toulon on Friday; the first third will be received by France.
Among these countries, Germany must house “more than 80 people,” the minister specified. Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Luxembourg and Ireland will also welcome immigrants in the name of “European solidarity”, he added.
Contacts in progress
Accepted refugees are those who “have the right to asylum,” added the minister, who reiterated that “those who cannot obtain asylum will return directly to their countries of origin.”
“Contacts are being made with the countries concerned to proceed with the procedures” that allow “the expulsion of those who do not meet the conditions for asylum,” the minister’s entourage told AFP. The Ocean Viking passengers are Bangladeshis, Eritreans, Syrians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Malians, Sudanese and Guineans, the same source said.
Source: BFM TV
