EU Support for Greek Proposal on Migration Pressure: "Europe Must Be Protected," Plevris Told the Council of Ministers
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Thanos Plevris presented to the Council of Ministers Mitsotakis' proposal for a European Emergency Mechanism - It provides for a temporary suspension of the receipt of asylum applications and rapid returns under certain conditions
The Greek proposal for the creation of a European Emergency Mechanism, which would be activated in cases of instrumentalization of migratory flows, received the support of the vast majority of the member states of the European Union. The mechanism, presented by the Minister of Migration and Asylum, Thanos Plevris, provides for immediate operational and legal assistance, suspension of asylum and immediate returns.
The work of the EU Interior Council in Luxembourg was concluded, where the Greek proposal for a mechanism to deal with instrumented migration pressure with broad support from member states was discussed.
Greece said Thursday that the European Union should develop an emergency mechanism to temporarily suspend asylum applications in the event of major migration crises, such as the arrival of tens of thousands of people in the Spanish enclave Ceuta, in July. Greece was in the first line of the crisis in [...]
New offensive to restrict the right to asylum in the European Union. Several member states are pressing to suspend asylum applications in emergency situations. The massive entry of migrants into Ceuta this summer has served as a pretext for the most conservative sector of the bloc to put immigration in the spotlight and try to further tighten European migration law. Countries such as Germany, Greece and Austria have redoubled pressure before the…
Greece proposes a mechanism to "seal" borders in the event of massive and coordinated migratory pressure to the European Union, citing what happened in Evros in 2020
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