Wednesday, September 23, 2020

EU Draft Repair for Refugees

 Focus published a piece this morning, chatting over the EU draft reforms to resolve/fix asylum/immigration within the EU.  The basic look?

1.  Any country within the EU can continue to refuse asylum/refugee cases....but you the enter into a partnership to help 'other' countries get rid of rejected asylum cases.  

This will beg a lot of questions.  You can figure a minimum of three countries on this list.  How you would help in the export of asylum folks?  Basically unknown.

2.  Some individual is going to be selected within the EU to be a asylum coordinator for returning people to their rightful county.....if they fail the asylum process.

It would seem that he'd give the orders, and take the edge off individual countries making the decision.  EU orders, would out-rank individual country orders.  If he said you can't export the guy after a failed asylum case?  No one says much about that scenario.

3.  The Dublin Agreement stands.  It basically said that wherever you land (first country)....in that country you must apply for asylum and not wander around the EU asking for a better deal country.  

Great for Germany?  Yes, but so far, this situation has not been respected and no one says how it will be improved.

4.  Finally, if any crisis occurred (they didn't really define this well, but you'd assume war-time business would qualify)....there will be a quota established for refugees to be taken into various countries of the EU.

What type of quota?  They didn't say.  If you disagreed with the number to your country?  No talk over this potential problem.  

Would a mass entry point be established with no review of the person's background?  No one said anything over that issue. 

Odds of this draft passing via the EU?  I'd give it less than a 10-percent chance.  You need all members to agree, and it's got several questionable pieces to it.

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