All the clashes between Greece and newspapers about migrants
What happens to migrants in Greece? Italics by Teo Dalavecuras
If the Athenian talks of the premier of the Netherlands Mark Rutte with Kyriakos Mitsotakis the day before yesterday took place in an atmosphere of agreement on all the main dossiers (pandemic, migration and refugees, climate change and Libya), the same cannot be said of the subsequent press conference of the two leaders, enlivened by the invective of Ingeborg Beugel (a Dutch freelance journalist who has lived for many years on the island of Hydra, one hour by boat from Piraeus) who addressed Mitsotakis with these words: “Mr. Mitsotakis, when will you stop lying about pushbacks, from lying about refugees in Greece for good? Please do not offend my intelligence and that of all the journalists in the world because there is so much evidence ”.
Instead of taking refuge in some joke or diplomatic formula, Mitsotakis has chosen to reply in the rhymes to the journalist: “I know that in Holland you use to ask very direct questions to politicians. I totally respect this culture. What I do not accept are the offenses, in here, to my person and to the Hellenic people. I do not intend to accept that you launch accusations and other unfounded claims, at a time when this country is facing an unprecedented migration crisis and has saved hundreds, if not thousands of men at sea ”.
“We have just rescued – pointed out Mitsotakis – 250 people who risked drowning in the south of Crete. It happens to do this on a daily basis. We save men at sea and at the same time, of course, we prevent vessels from Turkey from accessing our territorial waters, as is our right under European regulations, and we expect the Turkish coast guard to retrieve and bring these back to Turkey. people".
Beugel was preceded by an eloquent tweet: “The Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis and the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will soon appear in public. Both are jointly responsible for the horror of push-backs and refugees. I can ask a question: WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WANT ME TO ASK? SOME IDEA PLEASE! ".
It is not the first time, however, that the journalist has been talked about. Last summer it was stopped by the Greek authorities with the charge of aiding and abetting the illegal stay of a foreign person, a crime punishable by detention up to 12 months and a fine of 5,000 euros, as it housed a young Afghan whose request for asylum had been rejected. Referred to the judicial authority, Beugel was released pending trial, which has not yet taken place due to Covid).
Who knows if any freelance journalists are on their way to the Poland-Belarus border?
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/tutti-gli-scazzi-tra-grecia-e-giornali-sui-migranti/ on Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:00:34 +0000.