EU asylum reform: states accuse von der Leyen of “imbalance”

D.The major reform of the EU asylum system, which has long been announced, is coming to a halt. In a letter from the heads of government of Spain, Italy, Greece and Malta to Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen and Chancellor Angela Merkel (both CDU), the “imbalance” of the reform concept presented by Brussels in September is criticized.

The senders are calling for the no longer foreseen “compulsory redistribution” of arrivals within the Union. Furthermore, the planned “mandatory asylum procedures at the external borders” should be revised. The planned establishment of “large closed asylum centers” is “unacceptable”. States, however, want to continue to decide for themselves which groups of migrants they want to carry out expedited border procedures.

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Union parliamentary group MP Thorsten Frei told WELT AM SONNTAG: “If the coastal states insist on their position, the chances of reaching an agreement on the key points of the reform wanted by Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) quest year will decrease significantly “. “He describes it as politically indispensable. “If this pillar collapses, the whole building collapses.” Without them, “the reform would not be approved from the German point of view”.

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