Unwanted migration: Scholz is putting pressure on EU asylum reform

Unwanted migration: Scholz is putting pressure on EU asylum reform

Once again, the EU summit is about finding a common denominator on the issue of migration. Chancellor Scholz is picking up the pace at the start.

At the start of the EU summit, Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for accelerated implementation of the EU asylum reform. It is important to him that the agreement between the 27 EU states “is not just implemented gradually, but is accelerated,” said Scholz in Brussels. “In Germany we will submit the necessary laws to the German Bundestag very quickly, but it would be good if this could be introduced earlier everywhere in Europe.”

The EU asylum reform passed in the spring is viewed by many member states as insufficient to get the problems caused by unwanted migration under control. In addition, implementation could take until June 2026 due to the transition period. The reform obliges member states to have uniform procedures at the external borders so that it can be quickly determined whether asylum applications are unfounded and the refugees can then be deported more quickly and directly from the external border. After crossing the border, people arriving from countries that are considered safe should be taken to strictly controlled reception facilities under prison-like conditions.

Scholz is skeptical about outsourcing asylum procedures

Scholz expressed skepticism about asylum procedures in third countries outside the EU, such as those now being carried out by Italy in Albania. He justified this by saying that logistically only a small number of asylum procedures could be outsourced.

“It is clear that concepts that represent very few, small drops when you look at the numbers are not really the solution for a country as large as Germany,” said the Chancellor. Last year, more than 300,000 migrants came to Germany irregularly. “Sometimes 1,000, sometimes 2,000” is not enough if you want to significantly reduce this number.

“Getting involved is probably the best thing”

Scholz pointed out that Germany has used other measures to reduce asylum applications by almost 50 percent in recent months compared to the previous year. “Getting involved is probably the best thing, rather than doing nothing and then figuring something out.”

Progress has also been made in the repatriation of migrants without the right to remain in Germany. Scholz announced further deportations of criminals to Afghanistan. “Of course, criminals from the country cannot stay in Germany.”

Summit website

Source: Stern

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