The controversial proposal in the recommendation to the Member State, formally adopted today
by Emanuele Bonini
Children can be imprisoned as migrants, according to the latest proposal of the European Commission. The controversial rule is foreseen by the recommendation on making returns more effective when implementing the Directive on Returns. New dispositions have been adopted in principle last week, but formal adoption will take place when all language versions are available, which is expected to happen today, 8th of March. It means that from today the EU legislation can be applied in the tougher manner, and the Member States «should not preclude in their national legislation the possibility to place minors in detention, where this is strictly necessary to ensure the execution of a final return decision in sofar as Member States are not able to ensure less coercive measures than detention that can be applied effectively in view of ensuring effective return».
In European Commission intentions, returns have to speeded up. In the meanwhile, irregular migrants have to be managed and kept on the EU territory until they are not sent back to their country of origin. It has written in the recommendation that «for the purpose of effectively ensuring removals of illegally staying third-country nationals, Member States should use detention as needed and appropriate, and in particular where there is a risk of absconding». A initial period of maximum six months of detention should be foreseen by national legislations, with the possibility of extent up to 18 months in case of need. In order to better deal with the phenomenon of irregular migrants - all those who are not entitled to apply for international protection - Member States are asked to put in place measures to effectively locate and apprehend third-country nationals staying illegally, wherever they are.
Amnesty International already condemned the proposal from the European Commission. All these recommendations «have laid bare the cruelty and hypocrisy of European Union (EU) Commissioners’ migration policies», according to the NGO. Criticism arrived also from the European Parliament. The United European Left group (GUE) slamed the EU Commission proposal, seen as unacceptable. The recommendations exclude alternatives to detention for migrants, making detention the only option to pursue, complained the MEPs. According to them this policy increases the possibility of «forced deportation».
It is not the first time the European Union opt for controversial proposal in migration policy. In December the Council said to be ready to start a large-scale profiling operation as response to the migration crisis.
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Children can be imprisoned as migrants, according to the latest proposal of the European Commission. The controversial rule is foreseen by the recommendation on making returns more effective when implementing the Directive on Returns. New dispositions have been adopted in principle last week, but formal adoption will take place when all language versions are available, which is expected to happen today, 8th of March. It means that from today the EU legislation can be applied in the tougher manner, and the Member States «should not preclude in their national legislation the possibility to place minors in detention, where this is strictly necessary to ensure the execution of a final return decision in sofar as Member States are not able to ensure less coercive measures than detention that can be applied effectively in view of ensuring effective return».
In European Commission intentions, returns have to speeded up. In the meanwhile, irregular migrants have to be managed and kept on the EU territory until they are not sent back to their country of origin. It has written in the recommendation that «for the purpose of effectively ensuring removals of illegally staying third-country nationals, Member States should use detention as needed and appropriate, and in particular where there is a risk of absconding». A initial period of maximum six months of detention should be foreseen by national legislations, with the possibility of extent up to 18 months in case of need. In order to better deal with the phenomenon of irregular migrants - all those who are not entitled to apply for international protection - Member States are asked to put in place measures to effectively locate and apprehend third-country nationals staying illegally, wherever they are.
Amnesty International already condemned the proposal from the European Commission. All these recommendations «have laid bare the cruelty and hypocrisy of European Union (EU) Commissioners’ migration policies», according to the NGO. Criticism arrived also from the European Parliament. The United European Left group (GUE) slamed the EU Commission proposal, seen as unacceptable. The recommendations exclude alternatives to detention for migrants, making detention the only option to pursue, complained the MEPs. According to them this policy increases the possibility of «forced deportation».
It is not the first time the European Union opt for controversial proposal in migration policy. In December the Council said to be ready to start a large-scale profiling operation as response to the migration crisis.
Related articles:
- A EU large-scale profiling operation against migration
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