The EU has begun considering the creation of migrant deportation camps abroad

Brussels (Belgium), October 17 (EFE).- EU leaders debated this Thursday how to step up the return of migrants, a priority issue for all member states, considering the possibility of creating deportation centers abroad Starting to consider. It was rejected a few years ago due to doubts about its compatibility with community and international law. Migration policy returned firmly to the European summit agenda after a few months of low prominence following the adoption of the Migration and Asylum Treaty last May. Contains images provided by EBS of the press conference of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, following the European Council summit in Brussels (Belgium). Von der Leyen’s total is included. Total translation President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen: 1.- “Today three different elements have been discussed for three different situations. The first is whether you see migrants who are in need of protection And the discussion here is about safe third countries because we fully understand and recognize the need for security. But this does not mean that security should be only in the EU. In this context, there are open questions about whether return is not possible. The issue that is being debated is the work of UNHCR and IOM in countries outside the EU where they say they want to prevent these migrants from entering the EU. But they need our help and financial assistance to bring those migrants back to their native countries, because these are the countries where the migrants are stranded. Of course, they will also have to help migration to these countries.” 2.- “A main point of debate was a common approach to returns. Today we see that only 20 percent of those who do not have the right to remain in the EU actually return to their country of origin. That’s why we are working to improve this operational function and will soon introduce a new legislative proposal for this. We had one from 2018, but it is stuck in Parliament and Council, so we will present a new proposal for a return. In this context we also discuss innovative ways to combat illegal migration. And there are various options which have been discussed earlier. The concept of safe third country needs to be reviewed, what is a safe third country? How is it defined? Second, the idea of ​​developing return centers outside the EU. This is not disclosed but it has been discussed. And a lot of it is also focused on working with UNHCR and IOM, what they call the roots approach. We are talking about immigrants who are stranded, for example, in North Africa. To support UNHCR and IOM in repatriating these migrants to their countries of origin. Of course with financial support from the EU. We also have to continue what we discussed, which is enough. To combat smuggling and human trafficking. The law here is 20 years old, so now we have a new proposal on the table and I hope we can move forward on that quickly.” 3.- “This is the whole issue of irregular migration, which is mostly smuggling from the Centre. This happens because of smugglers. , A completely different situation is the pressure that Poland is experiencing on the eastern land borders, and before Poland it was Finland and it was also the Baltic states. What we are seeing is that local Putin and Lukashenko are putting pressure on us, trying to undermine our security and territorial integrity. These are hybrid attacks carried out by state actors. And so, Poland and other Member States need to be able to protect our Union from these hybrid attacks. The same applies for Finland and the Baltic countries, they need to be able to take measures that are temporary and appropriate. Right now we are working on this with Poland. We are working on these measures with Finland and the Baltic countries. In the discussion we had today about migration, it has made its place in foreign countries also. “Overall, this has been a very constructive and thorough discussion.”