EU ‘migration diplomacy’ to ease pressure

The EU is using ‘migration diplomacy’ to convince countries outside Europe to ease migration pressure, the European Commission for Migration says. European interior ministers are meeting in Copenhagen today to discuss the issue. There were more than 75,000 attempts by migrants to illegally enter the European Union in the first six months of this year, according to the EU’s border agency. The EU is currently negotiating a new law which would allow member states to set up so-called ‘return hubs’ outsides Europe. Failed asylum seekers could be sent there before being returned to their home country. When Simon Harris was Taoiseach, he suggested Ireland should be open to “innovative solutions”. But Amnesty International has branded return hubs unlawful and unworkable. Speaking from Copenhagen this morning, European Commissioner for Migration, Magnus Brunner, said the new law would set the groundwork for those EU member states who want to, to set up return hubs.

 

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