EU members should do more to help Syrian refugees: German FM
The European Union should do more to help Syrian people displaced by the prolonged crisis in the Arab country, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says.
At a Saturday news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, in the Jordanian capital Amman, Steinmeier said Europe could absorb more displaced Syrians, adding, “The problem is that there are only a few countries in Europe who participate in taking in Syrian refugees.”
The German minister, who had earlier visited a camp for displaced Syrian people in Amman, also noted, “At the current time, 130,000 Syrian refugees are being housed in Germany.”
Referring to the next Monday meeting of the 28 European foreign ministers, Steinmeier stated that "We need to see if we can't organize a system of sharing” the task of housing the displaced Syrians.
The two ministers further discussed the ways to fight the ISIL Takfiri terrorists, who have been carrying out horrific acts of violence such as public decapitations and crucifixions against all communities such as Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians in areas under their control in Syria and neighboring Iraq.
Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since 2011. Western powers and their regional allies - especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey - are reportedly supporting the ISIL terrorists operating in the country.
Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis, and more than 7.2 million Syrians have become internally displaced, according to the UN.
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