Greece proposes suspending asylum requests in emergencies
- Greece urged the European Union to create an emergency mechanism allowing asylum applications to be temporarily suspended during major migration crises.
- Migration Minister Thanos Plevris said the EU migration pact improved migration management but did not provide enough tools for sudden emergencies.
- More than 72,000 migrants arrived in Spain’s Ceuta in late July, with about 10,000 still there afterward.
- Greece, Germany, Austria, Denmark, and the Netherlands agreed on steps toward return hubs outside the European Union, with transfers potentially starting in 2027.
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The controversial European agency could see its prerogatives expanded, while the EU continues to tighten its migration policy.
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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