EU's new rules on migration and asylum come into effect • FRANCE 24 English

 

 

The European Union's major migration reform has come into force, but for politicians across the block, the fight's not over. To fulfill its

obligations, the Greek government plans to establish hubs in non-EU countries for rejected asylum seekers. The opposition have their doubts.

Because we are unable to carry out returns, we will become, under the framework of the new pact on migration and asylum, a funded prison. Will we become Europe's funded prison guards?

The pact on migration and asylum toughens border security and aims to share the burden of hosting migrants.

People entering the EU illegally will be screened, their face and fingerprint biometrics kept in a new database.

Those coming from a country with low asylum acceptance rates can be kept in detention centres with a decision made in 12 weeks or up to 24 for a deportation.

To ease the load on states like Greece and Italy, other countries must take in a share of 30,000 asylum seekers a year or pay €20,000 per refusal.

For the left, the new pact is an affront to human rights. For the right, it doesn't go far enough. The NGO Human Rights Watch this week said the pact

does make some positive reforms like shortening the wait for a right to work from 9 months to six. But the charity said the reforms do little to improve

responsibility sharing and deep disparities in the treatment of migrants within the EU will persist.

Swear.

 

 

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