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Stockholm – According to the calculations of the European Commission, only about 20 percent of the people who have not been granted the right to stay in the EU actually leave the union. This has led to promises of upcoming EU proposals for updated common rules regarding expulsions, as well as wishes to create “return centers” to gather people who have been ordered to leave.
This is now also supported by the three Swedish governing parties, the Moderates, the Christian Democrats, and the Liberals, along with the supporting party, the Sweden Democrats, according to Sweden’s Minister of Migration Johan Forssell.
“We now want the Commission to come up with a concrete proposal to consider, both how it will work in practice and that also addresses the legal issues that exist,” Forssell tells TT.
The agreement that Italy has made with Albania to manage parts of the Italian asylum process on Albanian soil is seen as an example that there may be interest from countries outside the EU to host this type of centers.
However, he does not want to speculate on which countries it might involve.
“That is exactly what we want the Commission to look into. It is important that everything is done with respect for international conventions and it is facilitated if it happens at the EU level, rather than bilaterally.”
The centers were one of the “innovative solutions” discussed when the EU’s heads of state and government held a summit in Brussels in October.
(November 19)
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