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Time (3 March 2017)

On March 3, 2017, Time magazine conducted an interview with High Representative of the European Union (EU) External Relations and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini. During the interview, Mogherini was asked whether she thinks the EU tackled the migration crisis to the best of its ability. Mogherini answered; “The E.U. has invested $9.5 billion on Syria to do that. No single country could invest such a big amount of money to guarantee that the Syrians have food, shelter, education, jobs. This has been the basis for the management of the refugee flows, built on the concept of cooperation and support on the ground.” Her answer to the next question, “But stopping the influx into Europe also meant closing borders, didn’t it?”, was as follows: “Our borders are not closed. We manage the flows. We don’t build walls, because that is not the European way.”

AVİM Analyst Hazel Çağan Elbir wrote a commentary titled, “The EU Contradicts Itself By Criticizing Trump For Building The Wall Along The US-Mexico Border” on this development. To read the commentary, please click here:

http://avim.org.tr/en/Yorum/THE-EU-CONTRADICTS-ITSELF-BY-CRITICISING-TRUMP-FOR-BUILDING-THE-WALL-ALONG-THE-US-MEXICO-BORDER-2