[eng] - « Nato has just sent 3 warships (Canadian, Turkish, German) to intercept migrants trying to reach Greece, even if they are in Greek waters » --> refoulement is being legalized.
- « The mission has been agreed and ordered to the Aegean sea in less than 24 hours, an extremely rapid move for the alliance. Nato normally spends months deliberating over decisions and agreeing details."
- "German-led patrol will be backed by planes"
- "Greece and Turkey have agreed that any migrants they intercept will be sent back."
- « Nato and the EU have been keen to avoid any impression that they see refugees as a threat, and the alliance’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, initially denied that the ships would try to stop people from crossing into Europe. “This is not about stopping or pushing back refugee boats,” he said. »
- « The ships are to be ordered to the Aegean to begin the mission “without delay”, and are expected to be in place on Friday [today] »
- « He declined to comment on whether the Nato crews would join local coastguards in rescuing migrants whose boats had sunk or were failing. »
[Fr] L’OTAN vient d’envoyer 3 vaisseaux de guerre dans la mer Egée pour intercepter les personnes essayant d’atteindre la Grèce, même si elles sont dans les eaux grecques.
- La mission a été décidée extrêmement rapidement, en moins de 24h.
- La patrouille, dirigée par les Allemands, va être supportée par des avions.
- La Grèce et la Turquie sont d’accord sur le principe que tout migrant intercepté sera renvoyé en Turquie
- L’OTAN et l’UE ont été enclin à éviter l’impression qu’elles considéraient les réfugiés comme une menace, et le secrétaire général de l’Alliance avait initialement nié que les vaisseaux de l’OTAN essaierait d’arrêter les bateaux rejoignant l’Europe. ‘Il ne s’agit pas d’arrêter ou de renvoyer les bateaux de migrants’, avait-il dit.
- Les vaisseaux ont été affrétés sans délais, aujourd’hui vendredi.
- L’OTAN n’a pas répondu sur la question de savoir s’ils aideraient les gardes-côtes dans les opérations de secours dans les cas de naufrage.
[Esp] La OTAN fletó hoy viernes tres buques de guerra (Canadiense, Alemán y Turco) en el Mar Egeo para interceptar a migrantes. La decisión de la organización fue tomada extremamente rápida.
- Todos los barcos de refugiados interceptados en el mar, aun los que ya están en Grecia, serán retornados a Turquía que dio su autorización.
- Unos aviones ayudaran la patrulla de guerra dirigida por Alemania.
- La OTAN y la UE mantienen que no ven a los refugiados como amenazas y se habían negado inicialmente a decir que los migrantes hubieran sido parados en su viajo a Europa con esta patrulla.
- La OTAN no contestó cuando el periodista preguntó si ayudaría a los guardacostas en sus operaciones de rescate.Nato launches naval patrols to return migrants to Turkey
- « The mission has been agreed and ordered to the Aegean sea in less than 24 hours, an extremely rapid move for the alliance. Nato normally spends months deliberating over decisions and agreeing details."
- "German-led patrol will be backed by planes"
- "Greece and Turkey have agreed that any migrants they intercept will be sent back."
- « Nato and the EU have been keen to avoid any impression that they see refugees as a threat, and the alliance’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, initially denied that the ships would try to stop people from crossing into Europe. “This is not about stopping or pushing back refugee boats,” he said. »
- « The ships are to be ordered to the Aegean to begin the mission “without delay”, and are expected to be in place on Friday [today] »
- « He declined to comment on whether the Nato crews would join local coastguards in rescuing migrants whose boats had sunk or were failing. »
- La mission a été décidée extrêmement rapidement, en moins de 24h.
- La patrouille, dirigée par les Allemands, va être supportée par des avions.
- La Grèce et la Turquie sont d’accord sur le principe que tout migrant intercepté sera renvoyé en Turquie
- L’OTAN et l’UE ont été enclin à éviter l’impression qu’elles considéraient les réfugiés comme une menace, et le secrétaire général de l’Alliance avait initialement nié que les vaisseaux de l’OTAN essaierait d’arrêter les bateaux rejoignant l’Europe. ‘Il ne s’agit pas d’arrêter ou de renvoyer les bateaux de migrants’, avait-il dit.
- Les vaisseaux ont été affrétés sans délais, aujourd’hui vendredi.
- L’OTAN n’a pas répondu sur la question de savoir s’ils aideraient les gardes-côtes dans les opérations de secours dans les cas de naufrage.
[Esp] La OTAN fletó hoy viernes tres buques de guerra (Canadiense, Alemán y Turco) en el Mar Egeo para interceptar a migrantes. La decisión de la organización fue tomada extremamente rápida.
- Todos los barcos de refugiados interceptados en el mar, aun los que ya están en Grecia, serán retornados a Turquía que dio su autorización.
- Unos aviones ayudaran la patrulla de guerra dirigida por Alemania.
- La OTAN y la UE mantienen que no ven a los refugiados como amenazas y se habían negado inicialmente a decir que los migrantes hubieran sido parados en su viajo a Europa con esta patrulla.
- La OTAN no contestó cuando el periodista preguntó si ayudaría a los guardacostas en sus operaciones de rescate.
Military alliance sends three warships, backed by planes, to intercept migrants and refugees in admission from EU that it is failing to cope with flow of people
Nato has sent a patrol of three warships to intercept migrants trying to reach Greece by sea and send them back to Turkey, as Europe steps up efforts to contain the refugee crisis.
The mission has been agreed and ordered to the Aegean sea in less than 24 hours, an extremely rapid move for the alliance. Nato normally spends months deliberating over decisions and agreeing details.
The German-led patrol will be backed by planes that can monitor the flow of people attempting illegal crossings.Greece and Turkey have agreed that any migrants they intercept will be sent back.
“They will not be taken back to Greece. The aim of the group is to have them taken back to Turkey. That is the crucial difference,” said the British defence secretary, Michael Fallon.
“This is the first time we have seen a group tasked with returning migrants. That has not happened before. So that is quite an important development.”
The UK does not have any ships involved but is looking at how it could contribute, Fallon told journalists after a meeting of defence ministers in Brussels, where the plan was hammered out.
“It could definitely help save lives in the Aegean and it could help break the criminal gangs that are trafficking migrants from Turkey into Europe,” he added.
Nato and the EU have been keen to avoid any impression that they see refugees as a threat, and the alliance’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, initially denied that the ships would try to stop people from crossing into Europe. “This is not about stopping or pushing back refugee boats,” he said.
Germany’s defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, had already indicated she favoured a far more robust approach and had secured Ankara’s permission to send some refugees back to Turkey, the Deutsche Welle newspaper reported.
The ships are to be ordered to the Aegean to begin the mission “without delay”, and are expected to be in place on Friday, even though the details of their role are still being filled in, said US air force general Philip Breedlove.
The Nato flotilla will be led by the German navy’s flagship, the Bonn, supported by Turkey’s frigate Barbaros and the Canadian frigate, Fredericton.
“This mission has literally come together in about the last 20 hours,” Breedlove told journalists. “I have been tasked now to go back and define the mission, define the rules of engagement, define all of what we call special operation instructions, all of the things that will lay out what we are going to do.”
He declined to comment on whether the Nato crews would join local coastguards in rescuing migrants whose boats had sunk or were failing.