Italy has to take in refugees again

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Migration policies between European countries have been slow for months. Italy has closed its borders. As new migrants from the Mediterranean continue to arrive, the government of Giorgia Meloni (45) has not taken back any Dublin refugees since shortly before Christmas.

Switzerland cannot currently retrieve them, although Italy would be responsible as the country of entry under the Dublin Agreement. The migration situation is also tense in this country.

Now the problem needs to be addressed fundamentally. Federal Councilor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (59) signed a declaration on migration after meeting with other Schengen countries. It was about the functioning of Schengen and Dublin, she said on Thursday before the meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels.

The blame is piled up

The federal councilor had already traveled to Brussels on Wednesday, where she took part in an evening meeting with the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Denmark, France, Belgium and Luxembourg. The topic was secondary movements, ie migrants moving from one Schengen country to another.

Switzerland also suffers from this. She accuses Italy of letting refugees and migrants through. Germany, in turn, criticizes Switzerland for allowing asylum seekers to transit from Austria.

In their statement, the states were concerned about the current situation and called for “containment of migrant movements”.

Due to Switzerland’s Schengen/Dublin association, it works closely with EU countries on areas such as borders and asylum.

Against the outsourcing of asylum procedures abroad

At the same time, Baume-Schneider made it clear in the margins of the meeting that she is against outsourcing asylum procedures abroad. For Switzerland, that was “no doubt about it,” she said, referring to the legal basis that applies here. Because they wouldn’t allow that at the moment.

Both within the EU and in Switzerland there are always politicians who advocate outsourcing of asylum procedures. Only recently had the SVP also asked to check this.

When asked about permanent walls on the EU/Schengen external border, as Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer wants, the head of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Police (FDJP) was not very enthusiastic. Barring a few, almost no one is in favor of permanent walls at the Schengen external border, she said. (SDA/dba)

Source:Blick