Pro Asyl sees "victory of the hardliners" in EU refugee policy

The head of the European department of the refugee aid organization Pro Asyl, Karl Kopp, has sharply criticized the recent resolutions of the EU summit in Brussels to tighten asylum policy.

Frankfurt am Main - "This is a victory for the hardliners; Europe is dismantling the right to asylum," he told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (Saturday edition). "The resolutions are a document of harshness and heartlessness. The foundations of the EU - human rights, human dignity and the rule of law - no longer play a role," says Kopp.

"The commission is now the commissariat of the hardliners."

Source: Der Newsticker