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The EU countries have agreed on a pilot to better guard the external borders of the European Union. That is what Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said after the first day of the EU summit in Brussels, which was devoted to migration.
“Substantial European money will be allocated immediately for, for example, additional cameras, patrol cars, watchtowers, aerial surveillance and modern surveillance technologies,” said von der Leyen.
Prior to the summit, the main question was whether fences along the external borders should also be financed from the EU budget. Nothing has yet been agreed on the construction of walls or fences.
Rutte: Distrust has been removed
Prime Minister Rutte is positive about the talks that have been held. The mistrust between countries of arrival such as Italy and countries where asylum seekers register, such as the Netherlands, has been removed, according to the prime minister. “That has not happened in twelve years and that gives me the expectation that something fundamental has changed,” said the prime minister.
A second pilot is about the registration of migrants, a fast asylum procedure and direct return from the external border of the EU. Von der Leyen has not yet revealed anything about the location of this project.
