The EU summit agreed to speed up the return policy

At today’s summit in Brussels, the President and Prime Ministers of the European Union agreed to speed up the return of unsuccessful asylum seekers to their countries and called on the European Commission to present an appropriate legislative proposal on this matter quickly.

According to the results of the meeting, which after its completion on the social network X she revealed Spokesperson for the President of the European Council Charles Michel Ecaterina Casinge, also told Russia and Belarus that they cannot abuse European values. According to Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, more and more countries want to find new ways to deal with illegal migration. The return policy is not working well, so we have to find ways to improve it, Fiala told reporters after the summit.

“Russia and Belarus and other countries must not abuse our values, including the right to asylum,” the conference participants agreed. They expressed solidarity relations with Poland and other countries through which the regimes in Minsk and Moscow are trying to send migrants to the EU as part of a hybrid war against the West.Today’s summit participants made it clear that do everything to prevent the use of people from emergency areas for political reasons. “Extraordinary situations call for appropriate measures,” he says in the decisions without further details, according to the diplomats. , the text focused specifically on Poland.

Due to pressure on Poland’s border with Belarus, the Prime Minister there Donald Tusk announced on Saturday that Warsaw would ban the right of asylum for certain groups. He should be concerned about migrants coming from Belarus, who will be transported to the border by the authorities of that country.

The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Fiala, was aware that the EU member states have made great progress in the debates on solving current migration problems. According to him, the discussion between statesmen was very useful. “It turned out that our positions are coming together and that there are more countries that are ready to look for new ways to deal with illegal migration. It will be a topic at the next European Councils, we will look for a solution to this problem, which has already become a bit over our heads in Europe,” said Fiala.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said after the meeting that the EU executive would “soon” present a new proposal for guidance on the return of rejected applicants, which focuses on the results According to her statement, she also spoke to the leaders today about the re-evaluation of the definition of a safe third country where migrants can be returned to than the creation of return centers in countries outside the EU, where rejected asylum seekers would stay to return to a safe country.

Von der Leyen also emphasized that Poland and other countries must be able to defend the EU against these hybrid attacks, ie the use of migrants by the Belarusian regime. She said that Brussels is working with Poland, but also with Finland and the Baltic states on measures that would allow them to resolve the situation while not violating the right to asylum or regulations the EU.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it was important that the heads of state and government of the European Union managed to find an agreement at the summit to speed up the return of unsuccessful asylum seekers to their countries. He then described the campaign against illegal migration as a necessary step, to which the Union must act. In this context, he recalled that Germany had taken back controls on all its borders as part of this fight. “These investigations will continue further,” he said. This also applies to the border with the Czech Republic.

The Czech Prime Minister also responded to internal border controls, saying that he does not see it as a good solution and if states use it, it must be only for a limited time. “Schengen and the free movement of people is one of the great advantages of Europe, not only in my eyes, but also in the eyes of our citizens. When we break it, we are not doing well,” Fiala said when asked by ČTK. According to him, instead of internal border controls, a European solution should be found, which is directly related to the development of the return policy, better protection of external borders or better cooperation with third countries.