VOA: EU Chief Warns Economic Migrants Not to Travel to Europe
LONDON — European Council President Donald Tusk gave a stark warning Thursday to potential migrants thinking of traveling to Europe.
"I want to appeal to all potential illegal, economic migrants wherever you are from,” Tusk said. “Do not come to Europe. Do not believe the smugglers. Do not risk your lives and your money; it is all for nothing. Greece or any other European country will no longer be a transit country."
Tusk spoke from Athens, where he met Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for emergency talks.
The United Nations estimates that more than half of the arrivals in Greece are fleeing war in Syria or Iraq and are legitimate refugees, rather than economic migrants.
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