Competing proposals on migration are the focus of the European summit dedicated to Ukraine and the Middle East
European Union (EU) leaders will meet in Brussels this Thursday to address the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, but The immigration debate will rage on Following a proposal initiated by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der LeyenTo consider “innovative formulas”, such as centers for identifying and detaining illegal migrants in third countries.
Migration will be one of the main topics of the summit of European leaders, who will talk in particular Way to make return of migrants faster and more effective Who do not have the right to request protection in the EU.
Leaders will debate the letter that von der Leyen sent them this week and which outlines ten areas of action, including Rapid implementation of the Migration and Asylum Treaty (which should be implemented in 2026) and work on “innovative” methods against irregular migration, including reflection on migrant centers outside the EU.
there are people who Openly defend the prompt implementation of the agreementLike Spain, France and Germany.
Others, such as Poland, are critical of European migration policy. Precisely that country has this week adopted measures to temporarily suspend the right to asylum “Regain control” of your limitations.Especially the one it shares with Belarus.
For its part, Italy, which already this Thursday sent its first boatload of migrants to Albania, where it has set up identification and retention centres, feels supported by the growing presence in the EU of governments that share its migration vision. Do it.
In line with Meloni’s Italian model, the Dutch government, which also includes the radical right, announced this Wednesday that it is exploring the possibility of deportations and Accommodating asylum seekers from African countries in Uganda Who have exhausted all legal remedies to obtain legal residence in the Netherlands in exchange for financial compensation for Kampala.
Given these conditions, government sources have assured in statements to RTVE that Spain is “against” the creation of centers outside the EU’s borders.
Meloni holds first short meeting before the summit
This Thursday’s European event begins with the first meeting in the abbreviated format promoted by the Italian Georgia Meloni and which will include the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,
Meloni assured that “many countries follow” the immigration policies pursued by Italy in recent days, which is why he has decided to hold a meeting together with the leaders of the Netherlands and Denmark. “Like-minded” countries in first pre-meeting To the formal European Council.
Although organizers have resisted confirming a closed list of attendees, various diplomatic sources consulted by Europa Press Agency indicate that About a dozen countries will participateWhich includes Poland, Hungary, Malta or Greece; And even German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been invited.
The summit also discusses the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The leader will begin his meeting with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskywhom the President of the European Council, Charles Mitchell (who will chair their final summit) has invited him to explain his ‘plan for victory’.
A plan under which Ukrainian leaders ask their allies in Kiev to launch additional operations against Russian territory and, in particular, USA, UK, France, Italy and Germany Deploying non-nuclear strategic weapons to Ukraine to deter Russia and lift its sanctions from using long-range weapons against the territory of its aggressor neighbor.