2023-05-31 20:00:37
Innsbruck (OTS) – The interior ministers of the European Union are meeting next week. Migration will be high on the agenda. Solutions cannot be expected – because they are difficult and because interests diverge too much.
It is much cheaper to close borders than to guarantee a basic income”: The Italian political scientist and economist Massimo Morelli recently got to the heart of why populists are so fond of raising the issue of migration. Migration is good for politics because hardly anyone has to prove the truth in order to find a solution. The pressure on rich Europe will not let up anytime soon, caused by climate change, war and civil war, and corruption in many countries. And there is no improvement in sight. The numbers are going down this year. Last year, however, asylum applications in EU countries increased drastically. In Austria they reached the dimensions of the 2015/16 migration wave.
In response, it has become socially acceptable to build Fortress Europe. The FPÖ is easy on itself. It can make categorical demands regardless of European partners, human rights or asylum laws.
Others find it harder. They govern or lead solidarity and human rights in the program. They are torn between the cheap answer, pressure from political opponents, their own claims, international law, the desire for orderly labor migration – and reality.
This reality is a confusing jigsaw puzzle with countless political statements, developments, laws and guidelines. Numbers are buzzing around, the keywords are occupied. “Pushbacks” are evil, deportations ambiguous. A border fence reinforced with sharp wire and martial police officers either provide protection or repel. The location determines the point of view.
Europe’s politicians are determined by others. Their decisions depend on how many people come – but also on how others act, such as the autocrat Recep Tayyip Erdogan. And what if Rwanda no longer offers itself as a last resort for the failed European asylum and migration policy?
The meeting of EU interior ministers next week will once once more focus on migration. It would be a success if at the end of the day there was a common understanding of where the problems actually lie and what measures the EU is fundamentally willing to take.
Instead of patching up Europe’s walls, ministers and the EU Commission might then begin to build a European asylum and migration system – if everyone is really willing to forego a cheap topic for the next elections.
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