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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has threatened to present asylum seekers one-way tickets to Brussels in protest EU fines levelled on the nation for breaching EU asylum guidelines.
The 17 European international locations of their letter to the Commission are asking for brand new guidelines to permit governments to detain unlawful migrants in the event that they pose a threat to nationwide safety, in addition to to drive migrants to cooperate with authorities and guarantee all EU international locations use the identical software program to handle instances. While not within the EU, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein are members of the passport-free Schengen space.
Austria’s nominee for the brand new European Commission, Magnus Brunner, is prone to take over the EU’s migration high job within the coming months, signaling a rightward shift within the EU’s strategy to migration.
It stays to be seen if the longer term coalition authorities in Austria will strain the EU to maneuver even additional rightward on migration coverage. The FPÖ’s chief, Herbert Kickl, has accused different Austrian events of a “sinister” plot to maintain the far-right FPÖ out of a future coalition authorities within the nation.
EU justice ministers will talk about migration at a gathering in Luxembourg subsequent week.
