Angela Merkel’s open-door policy CAUSED the migrant crisis, furious George Soros blasts
ANGELA Merkel’s disastrous open-door policy provoked the migrant crisis in Europe, according to a billionaire financier George Soros.
Angela Merkel 'caused the migrant crisis' according to George Soros
The Hungarian, who broke the Bank of England, accused the German Chancellor of causing “chaos” to the continent with her open-border policy.
He said: “German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to open her country’s doors wide to refugees was not properly thought out, because it ignored the pull factor.
Merkel's policy was accused of being 'inadequate'
The lack of adequate controls, moreover, created panic, affecting everyone
“A sudden influx of asylum seekers disrupted people in their everyday lives across the EU.
“The lack of adequate controls, moreover, created panic, affecting everyone: the local population, the authorities in charge of public safety, and the refugees themselves.”
Mr Soros also admitted the free movement policy, enforced by Brussels bureaucrats, has caused an overwhelming dislike for the union among Britons.
He said: “The European migration crisis and the Brexit debate fed on each other.
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“The Leave campaign exploited the deteriorating refugee situation – symbolised by frightening images of thousands of asylum-seekers concentrating in Calais, desperate to enter Britain by any means necessary – to stoke fear of ‘uncontrolled’ immigration from other EU member states.
“And the European authorities delayed important decisions on refugee policy in order to avoid a negative effect on the British referendum vote, thereby perpetuating scenes of chaos like the one in Calais.”
Soros said the EU could be a risk of falling apart after the Brexit
The billionaire was speaking after Britain’s decision to ditch Brussels and said the momentous vote has put the union in jeopardy.
He said: “Tensions among member states have reached a breaking point, not only over refugees, but also as a result of exceptional strains between creditor and debtor countries within the eurozone.”