Tensions re migrant quotas still running high in Europe + video

The Polish parliament looks set to adopt a draft resolution that could give the government power to exercise its veto and reject a proposal on migrant quotas at the next EU summit. Meanwhile an online petition launched in Austria seeks to decline the forced relocations scheme as and the German right wing continues to fume over the proposal.

"Since 2015, the EU has missed every opportunity to protect European citizens from the import of terror and social tensions," said Harald Vilimsky, head of the FPO's European delegation. He believes that the only hope is that next year's EU elections can ignite a fundamental turnaround, paving the way for a new referendum which can reverse the current misguided policies. The politician thinks help should be provided in the migrants' home countries to prevent them from leaving in the first place.

Every opportunity was missed

There is also sharp criticism from Germany almost every day. According to the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, the adopted plan is highly ineffective in its details.

Under pressure from the German government, unaccompanied minors can simply cross the bloc's external border without stopping, including fast-track procedures. The same applies, for example, to whole families arriving from Syria. The problem that 80 percent of those arriving in Germany have previously been allowed to cross the EU without being registered isn't addressed either,

- said Gottfried Curio, the home affairs spokesman in AfD's parliamentary group. The politician stressed that secondary migration to Germany will continue after the introduction of the EU's distribution scheme so long as his country lacks either the willpower, or the necessary structures to establish an effective, automatic rejection and deportation scheme. He added that the Brusselites are upholding false principles, such as the idea that someone can be a refugee on entry to the EU even if they have already passed through many safe third countries. They have also missed the opportunity to counterbalance certain countries drastic overcrowding in a tangible manner, especially in Germany, Gottfried Curio said.

Cover photo: Illegal migrants arrive by special train from Freilassing on the German side of the Austria-Germany border to Schonefeld on 18 September 2015 (Photo: MTI/EPA/Bernd Settnik)