Greece proposes suspending asylum requests in emergencies
Greece says the EU needs temporary asylum suspensions, accelerated returns and Frontex support when mass arrivals overwhelm border systems.
- On Thursday, Greek Migration Minister Thanos Plevris proposed a 'Special Derogation Regime' in Luxembourg allowing member states to temporarily suspend asylum applications during mass migration influxes, citing the Ceuta crisis.
- The 'Group of Five'—Greece, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Denmark—agreed to establish return hubs outside the European Union, with Dutch Migration Minister Bart van den Brink targeting transfers by 2027.
- EU interior ministers approved a new Return Regulation on Thursday, accelerating deportations of migrants lacking legal status and enabling return hubs in non-EU countries to begin operations.
- Proponents argue the measures counter the "weaponisation of migration" by hostile actors, while rights groups warn suspending asylum violates international law and risks "collective pushbacks" prohibited under European Union regulations.
- Heads of state will continue deliberations at the European Union summit on October 15, while the commission prepares to introduce a broader "European Emergency Response Framework" in coming months.
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Plevris Pitches Mitsotakis's Emergency Migration Plan to EU Ministers in Luxembourg - iefimerida.gr
Greek Migration Minister Thanos Plevris has told EU counterparts that Europe needs emergency tools to handle sudden migration crises, presenting Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's proposal for a new Emergency Support Mechanism at a meeting of the EU's Justice and Home Affairs Council. Arriving at the council session, Mr. Plevris said the EU's Migration Pact and Returns Regulation have started delivering results, with migration flows to Europe …
At a Council of Ministers held on Thursday, 1 October, Athens proposed to the EU Member States an "emergency mechanism" aimed at temporarily suspending the right of asylum in the event of "instrumentalisation of migration flows".
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EU ministers mull new ways to curb irregular migration
The proposals include setting up so-called return hubs outside the EU and strengthening the border agency Frontex. Greece has even proposed temporarily suspending asylum applications in emergency situations.
DECRYPTAGE - Despite a 55% drop in illegal arrivals in two years, the European Union is seeking emergency procedures in the event of a mass influx.
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