Stranded refugees and migrants, most of them Afghans, are seen on Victoria Square in Athens, Greece, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
* Brussels acts despite dangers of giving taxpayer money to refugee camps
* Aid plan is the first of its kind to provide humanitarian relief inside the EU
* Money will be used to help charities provide medicines, blankets and food
* Aid officials want migrants to have the option of buying things themselves
Migrants in Greece are set to be handed envelopes of cash under a £550million EU disaster fund announced yesterday.
Brussels officials said despite the obvious dangers of giving taxpayers’ money directly to those in refugee camps to spend as they wish it would help them ‘maintain their dignity’.
The EU aid plan – the first of its kind to provide humanitarian relief inside the continent - will be used to help charities provide essentials such as medicines, blankets and food.
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WNU Editor: This is a mistake. I am sure that some of this money will be used to buy essentials, but a lot of this money will eventually end up in the hands of the human traffickers who can now be paid to get these migrants from Greece to Germany and beyond. It will also encourage even more migrants to make their way to Greece .... because they now have a chance to receive some money. My friends in Greece who have been directly impacted by this crisis .... they are just shaking their heads, overwhelmed with the tragedy that is unfolding before them and knowing too well that it is going to get worst.
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So in addition to austerity, and turning Greece into a huge refugee internment camp,
The EU is now going to hit the Greeks with massive inflation.
I finished a roast chicken the other day. I thought about setting the bones out for the raccoon I saw nearby. I know it is a stupid ideal and when I told my cousin they also said it was a stupid ideal. They said you want to train the raccoon to come to your domicile?
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