Third countries have to “take back” irregular migrants to EU

Third countries need to “take back” their own citizens who end up being irregular migrants in the EU. That’s the warning from the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson.

She was speaking this morning in Stockholm, ahead of an informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers there.

Commissioner Johansson says the EU is experiencing an “acute” situation with a “huge increase" of "irregular migrants” arriving in the bloc. She said last year, almost a million people applied for asylum in EU countries, but that many of them didn’t need protection. The Commissioner is calling for more cooperation from third countries where irregular migrants come from.  

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