
the Greek Ministry of Asylum and Immigration Mr. Notis Mitarakis passed the contract to bring workers between Bangladesh and Greece. 4 thousand workers and 15 thousand immigrants will get validity,
material conditions of reception, the prevention policies at the borders, but also inland. He argued that this is happening with deportations or detention centers - where people are currently administratively detained for eighteen and thirty-six months -, with cuts to citizenship - which is an elusive dream for thousands of people who have been in the country for decades -, with the deforestation and obsolescence of the services -which will be called upon to implement the specific agreement without personnel and means-, with the labor services -which are being degraded for Greek and foreign workers-, with the repression and with a huge issue that the government has created, "because", as he said, "all these years you have done nothing to fulfill the needs of both the producers and the workers themselves mainly in the region and the province with agricultural products, but also other services".
But taking into account the fact that, even a little, even belatedly, even with implementation problems, without basic rights beyond labor to be guaranteed, some people will get legal residence, presence, and work in the country and will no longer be " invisible", but also with the fact that this also serves the needs of producers who want to make ends meet with their crops - but, this must be done with conditions and rules and dignity - he explained that SYRIZA defined its position on the specific bill, which, he emphasized, also has positives, "but it is done within a framework which is extremely negative and creates great reservations as to whether it will be implemented and how it will be implemented in practice".
On behalf of the KKE, Giorgos Lambroulis emphasized that the bilateral agreement between Greece and Bangladesh is an emblematic example of the EU's direction for so-called "orderly migration", which the KKE characterizes as a modern slave market since it legalizes unacceptable , inhumane, and shocking working conditions of thousands of migrant land workers in Greece. At the same time, as the expert buyer of the KKE said, it shows the common strategic understanding of all parties and their adherence to the EU policy on immigration and asylum, which forms the conditions for the selection of the appropriate workforce for the needs of the monopolies, of the chapter and encourages the signing of bilateral agreements by member states with third countries on so-called "legal immigration".
It becomes clear that the main criterion for the formation of this agreement is not the rights of migrant workers who are an integral part of the working class in our country. Thus, in the name of meeting the needs of the Greek economy with seasonal workers, capital finds cheaper labor, without rights, with temporary permits, and under the permanent threat of deportation, according to his needs. That is why the agreement mentions the temporary nature of residence permits, the forced return of workers after the end of five years, and their deportation in case of non-compliance, the lack of the right to family reunification, or the establishment of a right to long-term residence or naturalization.
In the agreement, however, there is no word about a decent salary, working hours, about working and living conditions. In fact, the fact that the seasonal permits will only be given if there is a need from the producers, proves the opening-closing of the "faucet" in the immigrant-refugee, depending on the interests and needs of capital", he also said.
That there are no land workers is your fault, because you have dismantled the agricultural sector, primary production and you treat it as if it were a hair in the dough, instead of primary production being your first concept and supporting these people and subsidizing even Greek children to go to work. This is what a national government that cares about its people should do. This is what it would do and not bring from Bangladesh when the people are starving and cannot cope, to bring fifteen and twenty thousand outside. We advocate the need to preserve our language, our religion, our rich history, and the tradition of our country. You are in favor of multiculturalism and the alteration of our national identity," said Konstantinos Chitas from Hellenic Solution.
You forget, gentlemen of the government, to tell us what the people of the Bangladeshi community that we met also told us, that the government with which you co-signed this Memorandum is a government characterized by authoritarianism, violence, and corruption, a government that tries to control migration flows, not to see what is happening internally or to have better control, but only to be able to reap multiple benefits from its citizens who wish to migrate in search of work" underlined on behalf of MeRA25, Fotini Bakadima. She added that her party will be against any such operation of exploiting people and violating their rights.
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