Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, took part in an informal joint meeting of EU foreign and home affairs ministers via video conference on March 15, together with Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior.
The meeting was devoted to the EU’s migration policy and its relations with countries of origin and transit. It provided an opportunity to deliver a European message of action and mobilization on a key issue that constitutes one of the pillars of the Pact on Migration and Asylum proposed by the Commission and which plays an important role in finding a balance between solidarity and responsibility.
Homs in 2014: Kneel and submit!
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It wasn t the heat that made every step on the well-worn asphalt into such a great effort, as if a sticky sludge were grabbing at your feet.
No. It was the fear. Fear that I felt too. You don t have to go on, said those who were already standing in the middle of the road, clearly visible in the light of the streetlights and completely exposed to possible gunfire. The demonstrators on that evening in mid-August 2011 were standing just before an intersection in Homs, the third largest city in Syria. If mobile units from the security services were to show up, they would have only seconds to reach the darkness of the side streets. Every foot forward could mean the difference between life and death.
No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria and
Sisters of the War: Two Remarkable True Stories of Survival and Hope in Syria. She is a former Nieman Fellow.
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