European ministers discuss stronger border controls and fast-track migrant returns
Ministers backed faster emergency responses and returns as illegal migration fell 55% in two years, EU officials said.
- On Saturday, European interior ministers gathered in Munich to strengthen border controls and establish fast-track procedures for returning migrants from the European Union and Britain.
- German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called for a new crisis mechanism, citing illegal border crossings near the Spanish territory of Ceuta, as Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner noted asylum applications fell 55% over two years.
- Commissioner Brunner emphasized that protecting the bloc's borders remains central to ongoing reforms, while officials proposed involving Frontex in return processes to manage European migration flows.
- While hosting ministerial meetings, Munich simultaneously prepares for a pivotal decision by the German Olympic Sports Confederation on which city will compete for the 2036, 2040, or 2044 Olympic Games.
- Following Berlin's withdrawal earlier this week, the competition is a two-horse race between Munich and Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr, with Munich leveraging 1972 infrastructure and Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr proposing Borussia Dortmund's 81,000-seat stadium.
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EU and British ministers discussed strengthening border controls, a new mechanism to respond to migration crises and the accelerated repatriation of some migrants.
The EU will create a mechanism to combat the influx of migrants, writes Bild
The EU will create a mechanism to combat the influx of migrants, writes Bild.Ministers from 18 EU countries discussed criteria for determining a critical situation in which migrants can be expelled as soon as possible, and the affected country can...
European interior ministers held talks on Saturday to tighten border controls, shorten response times to emergencies and establish faster procedures for returning some migrants.
«No conclusions must be drawn from the absence of a minister» , declared the German holder of the Interior, Alexander Dobrindt, at the margins of the Munich Migration Conference. He referred to the absence of the Spanish minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska , who this Saturday left 18 European counterparts standing up and sent instead to the Secretary of State for Migration. Without his presence, European ministers have drawn up a plan to speed up…
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