The current Dublin agreement regulations state that “asylum seekers must apply for asylum in the first European Union member state they enter,” but the EU is moving toward redistributing the migrants all over Europe, and it will likely succeed. The aim of what von der Leyen calls a “new strong solidarity mechanism” is to firmly establish and coordinate open doors all over Europe, so as t0 welcome as many economic Muslim migrants from Africa and the Middle East as wish to come. This represents a more sophisticated means to legitimize illegal migration, in full accordance with the previously agreed-upon UN Migration Pact. Remember that the Pact raised much controversy, but it was never abandoned. Even during the coronavirus pandemic, invasions have continued in Italy, Greece and the UK.
Last year, a report by the European Commission’s Legal Service declared that “the UN compact should have legally binding consequences for every EU member state including those which withdrew from the agreement. The compact describes mass migration as ‘inevitable, necessary and desirable.’” Now this idea is taking shape.
Expect tensions, and possibly even a showdown, as von der Leyen drives her agenda. “Hungary has long resisted proposals to redistribute migrants in the EU and is likely one of the countries that will object to changing the asylum rules. The Austrian government has also made it clear that it will not accept new migrants.”
In fact, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán vowed six months ago to protect Europe from renewed mass Muslim migration.
“EU Considers Scrapping Dublin Migrant Agreement,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, September 17, 2020:
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed abolishing current European Union asylum rules, suggesting new measures could force member states to take migrants through a “new strong solidarity mechanism”.
President Von der Leyen told the European Parliament on Wednesday that the asylum system needed to be changed, likely to make it easier to distribute migrants from countries where they first arrive, such as Greece and Italy.
Current Dublin agreement regulations state that asylum seekers must apply for asylum in the first European Union member state they enter, which often means a larger percentage of migrants in countries along the EU’s border.
“We will abolish the Dublin regulation, and we will replace it with a new European migration governance system,” von der Leyen said, according to Swedish broadcaster SVT.
“It will have common structures on asylum and return, and it will have a new strong solidarity mechanism,” she said and added: “I am very much looking forward to the debate. Let’s discuss. There will be things where we will agree and places where we will not. So, I’m looking forward to the next few days and weeks.”
While the proposal could see support from Italy and Greece, SVT’s correspondent Christoffer Wendick noted that many other countries within the EU could oppose the idea.
Hungary has long resisted proposals to redistribute migrants in the EU and is likely one of the countries that will object to changing the asylum rules.
The Austrian government has also made it clear that it will not accept new migrants, stating last week that it preferred to send aid to Greece following a fire at the Moria migrant camp that left more than 10,000 migrants homeless.
Since the fire, six migrants have been arrested in connection with the blaze, which Greek authorities have claimed was a deliberate arson.