2023-06-29 16:50:36
Not effectively protecting the borders is a mistake that threatens the survival of the EU. “Our people, our citizens, the Europeans will pay for this mistake,” he said. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had recently made similar statements several times.
It was initially unclear how Poland intends to veto the asylum plans, since decisions in the area of EU migration policy do not have to be made unanimously according to EU legal opinion. It is conceivable, however, that Hungary and Poland might protest and block other decisions or declarations that require unanimous decisions. At EU summits, for example, unanimity is always required.
Negotiations with the European Parliament on the plans for the asylum reform are to begin shortly. The aim is to pass them before the European elections next June.
appeal to humanity
The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, appealed to humanity in view of the ongoing general debate on migration in the EU. No man, woman or child should die trying to reach Europe in European waters. “That has to be the absolute point that we never forget when we talk regarding numbers, because we tend to get desensitized when the numbers get bigger,” she said. Metsola is thus answering a question as to where human rights remain in the face of numerous devastating boat accidents and violence to which migrants are sometimes exposed.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), almost 2,400 people died trying to escape across the Mediterranean in 2022. Most recently, around two weeks ago, a shipwreck shook off the coast of Greece. Hundreds of migrants who wanted to cross from Libya to Italy drank with him.
Difficult talks were also expected at the two-day EU summit on the planned stronger cooperation with Tunisia on migration policy. According to diplomats, there is dissatisfaction, especially in Italy, that countries like Germany want to attach strict conditions to planned financial aid for the state in North Africa. Rome fears that Tunisia might not be willing to provide more help in the fight once morest illegal migration if the conditions are too strict. Cooperation with Tunisia is relevant because the state is currently both a significant country of origin and a significant transit country for undesired migration across the Mediterranean to the EU.
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