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Brussels green lights Poland's plan to temporarily suspend right to asylum
euronews (in English)
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11/12/2024
The new guidelines put forward by Brussels reflect the right-wing shift that is rapidly reshaping the bloc's migration and asylum policy.
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Brussels has given Poland the green light to suspend the right to asylum for migrants
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entering the country across the border with Belarus, and points to the weaponization of
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migrants by Russia as a risk to the EU.
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European Commission Vice President Genevieve Koonin believes that on the bloc's eastern
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border the security threat has already moved to the next level, but says cases must be
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clearly defined.
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They may limit also the exercise of the rights to asylum, but it has to happen in very strict
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conditions and in legal limits.
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So it means that they have to be truly exceptional, temporary, proportionate, and for clearly
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defined cases.
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The European Commission believes that Belarus and Russia promote the use of violence via
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migrants.
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However, human rights organizations reiterated the pushbacks are illegal.
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Lydia Gall of Human Rights Watch said the pushbacks fly in the face of Poland's duties
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under national and EU law.
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In 2024, the arrival of migrants across the EU border with Belarus increased by 66% compared
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to the previous year.
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The vast majority of them were on Russian visas.
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