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The migrant management it has been a European emergency for too long.
For this, the EU Commission announced that the pact on migration it will be released even before the end of September. The topic cannot be postponed any longer Ursula von der Leyen.
In the midst of the crisisepidemicindeed, it has emerged that the weakness, or even the absence, of a community strategy on the treatment of refugees can translate into a social, humanitarian and health bomb for the entire continent.
The tragic fire of the Greek countryside of MoriaIt also gave new impetus to the question: pact on migrants at the EU level it is urgent. What does the project for Europe announced by von der Leyen really envisage?
EU plan for immigrants: what priorities
The European Union will try to give impetus to one of the most discussed and controversial reforms at the EU level: that of migrant management in collaboration between the 27 member countries.
Until now, finding a truly shared strategy among all EU states seemed almost impossible. From the peak of the migration crisis that erupted in 2015 to today, in fact, the often-invoked reform of the immigration policy and of EU asylum it has not borne fruit.
Too much national reluctance about changing the Dublin Convention and about the question of the redistribution of migrants arriving on the shores of the Mediterranean, for example.
A weak agreement was reached in Malta a year ago on the issue of relocation, but nothing has been done to reform the management of immigrants and asylum claims at the European legislative level.
Therefore, von der Leyen said on Monday, September 14:
“We have decided to advance the migration pact to next week, September 23, and accelerate the discussion.”
But what are the main themes of the migrant plan? According to some rumors, and based on an assessment of what has happened so far, the key questions will be:
- the procedure for asylum seekers;
- the role of EU agencies in processing border applications;
- the responsibility of asylum applications (Only from the first landing countries?);
- the redistribution of migrants across the EU
Italy is at the forefront of this political struggle for a responsibility for refugees that is truly shared in Europe. However, the obstacles to reaching the pact are not few.
Only the issue of the distribution of migrants, for example, has generated several conflicting positions: Eastern countries, such as Hungary, affirm that this mechanism is optional. Mediterranean nations, like Italy, that require obligatory hospitality are quite different.
New EU Immigrant Center in Moria
One of the first evidences of community collaboration in border migrants could be the tragedy of Moria. This was supported by von der Leyen and Merkel.
Greece’s proposal to build a new refugee reception and identification center in Moria in collaboration with the EU European leaders liked it.
the camp on the island of Lesbos It has long been a source of outrage and shame, in the heart of Europe, due to overcrowded conditions, poor hygiene and human rights violations.
The destruction, therefore, could be the right opportunity to start a new path in the EU precisely on the issue of immigration.
The Merkel He said that Greece would have the main responsibility, but that the project could be a model for future cooperation at the EU level.
“It would be a pilot project to consider, because obviously the sovereignty rests first in Greece and we need a treaty that can then really be implemented at the European level … It would be a really important step on the way to a immigration policy more Europeanized “
The president of the EU Commission shares the same opinion: the idea of co-management between Greece and the European institutions could be successful, with a memorandum of understanding to establish all the rules and management responsibilities.
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