Deportation Of Rejected Asylum Seekers Should Be Managed At EU Level
- 8 May 2017 6:54 AM
The deportation of rejected asylum seekers is a major refugee policy challenge that should be coped with at the level of the European Union, László Trócsányi, Hungary’s justice minister, told an Austrian paper. In an interview published in Die Presse, he said that for various reasons expulsion from EU member states “is not possible” in most cases.
For this reason, there is a pressing need for the EU-wide regulation of deportation practices, he added. The issue, the minister said, should be tackled by the European border control agency Frontex. The agency is already assisting member states with a total of 700 staff members in deportation, he added.
Frontex should be granted further powers and funds, and rejected asylum seekers should be returned to their countries of origin. It would be of great help, especially for the smaller member states, if Frontex directly negotiated with the countries of origin on their reception, he said.
Trócsányi said that the distribution of migrants as part of the mandatory quota scheme carried a bad message and encouraged migration.
Further, he said the scheme was ineffective because most migrants wanted to settle in a select few member states rather than in Romania or Hungary.
Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.
MTI photo: PM's Press Office / Szecsődi Balázs
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