The European Union Member States by no means agree greater than with reference to migration. On 6 September, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Fidesz, far proper) known as on the EU to take extra measures to fight unlawful immigration.
In a letter addressed to the Member States on 14 October, the President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen introduced that her establishment would quickly current a brand new legislation to facilitate the expulsion of irregular migrants and harmonise insurance policies at worldwide stage. The announcement is a part of preparations for the European summit on 17 and 18 October, which will probably be dedicated to migration.
Made public as the brand new European Pact on Migration and Asylum (adopted in Might 2024) has but to completely enter into drive, this newest transfer highlights how repression of immigration has change into the brand new norm throughout Europe by far-right governments, but additionally by extra “conventional” executives. In Poland, the coalition led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk (KO, centre), regardless of having been elected expressly to interrupt with the authoritarian insurance policies of the earlier authorities, is now contemplating briefly suspending the fitting of asylum on its soil. This determination is being contested by human rights organisations.
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