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Take a look inside Italy’s migrant centres
For a number of right-wing leaders, including Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Hungary’s Viktor Orban, the subject is of totemic importance, along with leaders in countries as varied as Finland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Croatia.
Now the leaders of both France and Germany, the EU’s most important countries, have found themselves under pressure from the growing support of right-wing, anti-immigration parties among their domestic voters. In response, Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Sholz have thrown their weight behind the call for greater action.
Sky News understands one of their suggestions will be harsher countermeasures against countries that don’t agree to take back failed asylum seekers. These reprisals would be likely to include tighter visa controls and even trade restrictions.
However, there are chronic legal problems in returning people to countries that are not deemed safe, such as Syria and Afghanistan. Of all the people who are issued with deportation orders in the EU, it is estimated that only around 30% are actually deported.
To further complicate the landscape of migration, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is planning to suspend the right of people to claim asylum if they have entered his country from Belarus.
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Although a blanket ban does appear to breach international law, a fear already reiterated by the European Commission, Mr Tusk is holding strong. He will tell leaders that he has no choice but to do so because Russia and Belarus have weaponised migration against his country.
For Ms von der Leyen, the rising tide of political angst about migration is not a huge surprise.
Two years ago, she appointed Mari Juritsch, a Finn with a long career in border control, to the new role of return coordinator for the EU, and Ms Juritsch is understood to be playing a central role in analysing the possible role, and legality, of these hubs.
Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/european-leaders-to-discuss-asylum-hubs-outside-eu-as-support-for-right-wing-parties-grows-13233755
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Publish date : 2024-10-15 00:48:00
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