In latest weeks, member states have been outdoing one another with ‘personal’ guidelines or needs. The Netherlands and Hungary need an opt-out from EU migration coverage and implement nationwide migration insurance policies, Germany launched border controls, and Poland refuses to simply accept asylum seekers from Belarus. Different member states don’t perceive this stubbornness and primarily need to cooperate to realize a very powerful widespread objectives: permitting fewer asylum seekers and returning rejected asylum seekers quicker.
That is additionally emphasised by the President of the European Fee, Ursula von der Leyen. In a migration letter previous to the summit, she outlines ten motion factors that should be labored on within the coming interval, on prime of the closely contested migration pact with stricter asylum guidelines. She has listened properly to the rising discontent and impatience of assorted member states, partly pushed by the extra right-wing political wind.
For instance, the European Commissioner proposes implementing elements of that migration pact quicker than June 2026, as is at the moment the settlement. Von der Leyen understands the will of a number of member states, together with the Netherlands, to revise and toughen the return of rejected asylum seekers. Solely with a great return coverage, the migration coverage works, she writes.
Return hubs outdoors the European Union, the place rejected asylum seekers should wait for his or her deportation, can also be a topic of debate once more. Till now, these encountered political resistance, however there isn’t a longer a taboo on them.