Orban: Fences protect Europe

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban today asked for funding from the European Union to build border fences, reviving an idea long considered unacceptable, ahead of a summit of European bloc leaders with issue of dealing with irregular immigration.

The 27-member summit was convened after Austria and the Netherlands led escalating protests over the growing number of arrivals. The EU's border agency reported 330,000 irregular crossings last year, the highest number since 2016.

Deep divisions among the 27 EU countries over migrant management remain from the refugee crisis of 2015-2016.< /p>

Countries such as Poland, Hungary and Slovenia have erected border fences to keep out refugees and migrants, although the European Commission, which manages the bloc's common budget, has so far refused to pay for such fences. saying that this is contrary to liberal democratic values and human rights.

In a phone call with his counterparts from Poland, Belgium, Finland, Malta and Bulgaria, Orban called for EU funding for such projects, saying “fences protect all of Europe,” according to the head of his press service, Hungarian state news agency MTI reported.

Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen previously refused to fund "wire fences or walls" although the European Commission is offering money for border infrastructure such as surveillance equipment.

The EU says Syrians, Afghans and Tunisians make up the majority of those who arrived in the EU last year, and that only about a third of of these people will receive asylum, while the rest will have to leave.

Earlier today, in a joint letter, eight countries of the European Union, including Greece, are asking ahead of the EU summit for an "innovative" reforming the asylum system and strengthening border protection, while calling for a "new major migration crisis" to be avoided.

"The current asylum system is flawed" and it is "time for an innovative response", write Austria, Denmark, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Slovakia.

The countries that sign the letter express the hope that there will be "tangible progress" on Thursday and Friday on the occasion of the EU summit in Brussels.

Faced with the increase in irregular arrivals, the eight countries want to "strengthen the protection of the external borders", mainly through " of infrastructure development».

The countries that sign the letter also express the desire to "increase the number of rapid returns", "develop new partnerships with the countries of origin of immigrants" and "enhance communication" to discourage candidates from immigrating.

In late January, European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said she was confident that the asylum reform, which has been under discussion since September 2020, will be adopted before the European elections. 2024.

However, deep divisions among the 27 EU countries over the management of migration and refugees mean that agreement on a new, comprehensive immigration and asylum system for the Union will take until the next European elections. of 2024 is a difficult case.

Human rights organizations criticize the EU's increasingly restrictive approach to immigration as illegal and inhumane.

Source: APE-MPE-Reuters

Source: www.sigmalive.com

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