The Times: Brussels to set up camps for deported migrants outside EU

Camps for migrants deported from the European Union can be set up in countries that are not members of the community, TASS with reference to The Times

According to the publication, which refers to European diplomats, camps may appear in neighbouring countries that want to join the bloc, such a Serbia, Albania and Moldova. It is expected that these and other ‘innovative solutions’ aimed at limiting migration will be discussed at the upcoming summit of EU leaders. Before that, the proposal to create ‘pre-deportation centres’ will be discussed on October 10th by the EU interior ministers.

“It is vital that those who do not have the right to remain in the EU are quickly expelled,” a diplomat from one of the European states told The Times. “Among other things, we are talking about the fact that people who have received an order to leave the EU should go to specialised centres and wait there for final expulsion.”

As the newspaper notes, Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and the Baltic States have previously openly advocated the creation of such camps. Recently, Germany and France have also expressed their willingness to discuss this initiative, which the publication associates with the position of Albania, whose authorities have agreed to place the deportees on their territory. The Times cites EU statistics, according to which last year decisions on expulsion from the EU were made against 484,000 migrants, but only 91,500 people were expelled.

In August, Politico reported that the problem of illegal migration would return to the EU agenda after the terrorist attack on a festival in Germany committed by a Syrian asylum seeker. The source of the publication pointed out that a number of EU members demanded more decisive measures to combat illegal migration, particular, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni insisted on this. The publication noted that the measures taken by the European Union to combat migration are not enough, and the EU-signed Pact on Migration and Asylum, which includes tightening all relevant community standards, will enter into force only two years later.