Will all EU countries participate?
What EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in the run-up to a new migration pact would be a revolution.
EU Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen
wants to
abolish
the
Dublin Regulation
.
She calls for a new European system for managing
migration
.
So far the project has
failed due
to the issue of the
distribution of refugees
.
Brussels -
Chancellor Angela Merkel * (CDU *)
is reportedly dissatisfied with the EU's migration policy - especially after she and
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU *) announced
after the devastating fire in the Greek camp Moria * that Germany would have more than 1,500 refugees and there was sometimes harsh criticism.
Now EU Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen
wants to
throw
the current regulations overboard for
the planned
asylum reform
.
"We will abolish the Dublin regulation,"
said von der Leyen in front of the European Parliament on Wednesday.
"We will replace it with a new European migration management system." This will have "common structures for asylum and repatriation" and
contain
"a new strong solidarity mechanism"
.
Refugee debate after Moria fire: Von der Leyen declares saving lives at sea "not optional"
The
EU Commission
wants to present a
proposal
for a
“new pact on migration”
on Wednesday
.
Von der Leyen tweeted on the subject: "Saving lives at sea is not optional and countries that fulfill their legal and moral obligations must be able to rely on the solidarity of the entire EU."
Next week, we will put forward the New Pact on Migration.
We'll take a human & humane approach.
Saving lives at sea is not optional & those countries who fulfill their legal and moral duties or are more exposed than others, must be able to rely on the solidarity of our whole EU.
- Ursula von der Leyen - Follow #SOTEU (@vonderleyen) September 16, 2020
Moria Inferno aggravates the refugee question: Von der Leyen wants to abolish Dublin rules
The current
Dublin rules
stipulate that the EU country in which a refugee
first
enters European soil
is responsible for asylum applications
.
This meant that countries on the
external borders of
the Union were completely
overburdened
during the refugee crisis
and then often allowed migrants to travel on to other EU countries.
Since then, the EU has been striving to reform its asylum system.
All attempts so far had failed because of the question of the
distribution of refugees
.
Eastern European
governments in
particular
categorically
reject the admission of migrants
in order to relieve main countries of arrival at the EU's external borders such as Greece or Italy.
(AFP / frs)
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