Von der Leyen announces radical change in migration policy - "Will abolish Dublin regulation"

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 -

is reportedly dissatisfied with the EU's migration policy - especially after she and

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

wants to

the current regulations overboard for

the planned

.

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

.

Refugee debate after Moria fire: Von der Leyen declares saving lives at sea "not optional"

The

wants to present a

for a

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

stipulate that the EU country in which a refugee

enters European soil

is responsible for asylum applications

.

This meant that countries on the

the Union were completely

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

.

governments in

particular

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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