Wednesday, 11th May 2011
A negotiated solution for Camp Ashraf
President & High Representative,
Following the appalling massacre in Camp Ashraf on 8th April, the situation there remains critical. Another bloody attack could take place at any moment.
I have just returned from Baghdad where I led a small delegation of MEPs in high-level talks with the President of Iraq and senior government ministers.
I have now brokered a solution to the Ashraf crisis which you have seen. It requires the involvement of the UN, the US and the EU and needs your active encouragement to achieve the re-settlement of the 3400 refugees from Ashraf to the US, Canada, Australia, Norway, Switzerland and the EU Member States or wherever they have family or other connections.
This is the only option that can avoid another humanitarian catastrophe and it has been agreed by the people of Ashraf themselves. The European Parliament relies on you to seize this opportunity to save innocent lives and avoid further violence and bloodshed.
