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Migration set to dominate EU summit as calls for offshoring grow louder
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16/10/2024
The leaders' summit in Brussels will cover migration policy, support for Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East.
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Member states seem to be further tightening their migration policies.
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The subject is high on the agenda of the European Council.
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In a letter to capitals, Usluf Underlayan proposed to speed up returns and open detention
00:21
centers in Turk countries.
00:25
The Commission President is thus in line with the request of 15 member states to transfer
00:30
asylum seekers to safe Turk countries.
00:36
Seventeen countries also called for an accelerated expulsion of foreign nationals whose asylum
00:41
application is rejected.
00:45
With the return hubs, there's a key question is whether the EU member states will find
00:50
willing partners in order to establish those return hubs, and more than that, also to figure
00:59
out ways to get countries of origin and transit to comply in terms of readmission.
01:06
In France, the new interior minister who has made immigration his priority wants to regularize
01:11
undocumented migrants, but in small numbers and gradually.
01:16
In Poland, Donald Tusk is considering temporarily and partially suspending the right of asylum
01:22
to combat illegal immigration.
01:25
Russia and Belarus are accused of orchestrating the influx of migrants using the Polish border
01:31
to destabilize the EU as a hybrid attack.
01:36
Warsaw believes migrants are weaponized in this way.
01:42
On the other hand, fundamental EU values are at stake.
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This is extremely problematic.
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The right to asylum is a fundamental right that cannot be suspended even in times of
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politically declared crisis.
01:59
It is protected under EU law and international law, but also by the Polish constitution,
02:05
which shows that this is not a migration issue alone, but it's a broader rule of law issue.
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While Hungary or Italy have been marginalized in the past for their hardline migration policies,
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rest of the member states now also seem to be converging in this direction.
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