25 Romanians stranded in Mexico make an appeal to European institutions; lawyer: holding them breaks fundamental rights

 

Iordachescu told a press conference on Thursday that the approximately 200 Romanians stranded at the airport in Cancun were subjected to an "inhuman, degrading treatment." So far, he represents 25 of these Romanians.

 

"The detention of Romanian tourists at the airport in Cancun was done in violation of fundamental human rights. They were unjustifiably detained, based on an alleged statement that there was an alert. We never saw the content of this alert," he said.

 

At the same time, the lawyer appreciated that "even though there were messages sent and phone conversations with the Romanian consulate or the Romanian Embassy, and emails were sent, the Romanian authorities did not take basically any measure to solve this sad situation."

 

"The attitude of the representatives of the Romanian state is unacceptable. On the other hand, the attitude of the European institutions is also unacceptable," he added.

 

He sent letters to the EU authorities to "prevent similar situations from happening to any citizen of the European Union."

 

"We have decided to notify the important institutions of the European Union. We have addressed open letters to the President of the European Parliament, we have addressed the President of the European Commission, we have addressed the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commissioner for Justice, in the context in which we believe that these institutions of the European Union must act and they must clarify what was it that actually happened in Mexico. Because no one knows anything at this point about what happened and this is what worries me the most," he said.

 

If these letters do not receive a satisfactory answer, said Iordachescu, it is possible to sue some state authorities.

 

Some of the Romanians who were stranded at the airport in Cancun also spoke at the press conference.