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More European countries plan to deport rejectees, toughen rules for those allowed in
Sweden, Finland plan to deport tens of thousands of migrants[DAWN] Finland joined Sweden on Thursday in announcing plans to deport tens of thousands of failed asylum seekers in a bid to contain the migrant crisis, as at least 31 more people died trying to reach the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... The two Nordic countries are both struggling to cope with an influx of refugees and migrants fleeing misery in the Middle East and elsewhere ─ receiving amongst the highest numbers of arrivals per capita in the EU. The Finnish government expects to deport around two thirds of the 32,000 asylum seekers that arrived in 2015, Paivi Nerg, administrative director of the interior ministry, told AFP.
In neighbouring Sweden, Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said Wednesday that the government is planning over several years to deport up to 80,000 people whose asylum applications are set to be rejected. "We are talking about 60,000 people but the number could climb to 80,000," he told Swedish media, adding that, as in Finland, the operation would require the use of specially chartered aircraft. Morocco, Germany agree on migrant deportations [Ynet] Morocco's king has agreed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany. She was educated in East Germany when is was still run by commies, but in 1989 got involved with the growing democracy movement when the Berlin Wall fell. Merkel is sometimes referred to by Germans as Mom... on repatriating illegal migrants to Morocco, the palace said, a move that follows sexual attacks on women in the German city of Cologne ...a lovely city in Germany. They invented perfume there... blamed mainly on North African men. Germany wants to limit migration from North Africa by declaring Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia "safe countries", which would end their citizens' chance of being granted asylum. "Officials in both countries will immediately step up talks in order to prepare and study the cases of those (Moroccans) irregularly staying in the country (Germany) and repatriate them without delay to Morocco," the palace statement, carried by the state news agency MAP, said late on Wednesday. "The recent flows of illegal migrants, some of them falsely claiming to be refugees, were the result of a humanitarian call ... which was widely exploited by human trafficking organizations operating on both sides of the Mediterranean." UNHCR 'Concerned' by Norway's Migrant Policies [AnNahar] The United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... ' refugee agency UNHCR expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... Wednesday over Norway's policy on returning migrants to Russia and plans to tighten rules for family reunifications. "We consider that the Norwegian procedure ... is cause for concern," the UNHCR's representative in the Nordic region, Pia Prytz Phiri, told news hounds at the close of a three-day visit. "It's a problem for us that Norway considers Russia a safe asylum country." Norway decided in November that migrants who arrived in the Scandinavian country after having stayed legally in Russia had to be swiftly sent back to Russia -- without having their asylum applications considered -- since Oslo considered Russia a safe country. Some 5,500 migrants arrived in Norway via the "Arctic route" through Russia last year. After sending some 200 people back, Norway stopped returning migrants to Russia at Moscow's request, as Russian authorities cited "security reasons." But Norway has said it is negotiating a resumption with Moscow. The Norwegian return policy risks depriving some legitimate asylum seekers of their right to protection, the UNHCR warned. An independent body within the Norwegian immigration authority, Landinfo, said it had been informed by the UN agency that Russia had in January 2015 expelled two Syrians back to their war-torn country. Norwegian Immigration and Integration Minister Sylvi Listhaug, speaking at the same presser as Phiri Wednesday, assured that "we are of course going to listen to what the U.N. has to say." She added however that "there are situations where the U.N. recommendations go beyond what our commitments are in respect to international conventions." The UNHCR also said it was "deeply concerned" by Norway's plans to tighten rules for family reunifications. The right-wing coalition government, which includes an anti-immigration party, has proposed that a person must have studied or worked for at least four years before being allowed to bring over their family. The proposal, which is still in the early stages, would require parliament's green light and the government does not hold a majority. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-29 |
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