Eu To Overhaul Huge Immigration Law As Member States Will Be Allowed To Deport Failed Asylum Seekers And Criminals

[webbo3]

About time.

from the first article

\\Signed off by 144 countries, the convention establishes that no asylum seeker may be returned to a nation where his or her life or freedom might be seriously threatened under the principle of non-refoulement.//

https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/european-union-immigration-law-overhaul-deport-asylum-seekers-criminals

https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/eu-plans-to-let-states-deport-failed-asylum-seekers-and-criminals-jblmp0tw2

Can someone remove the paywall from the second link please.

[barry1010]

I've copied it

Monday February 03 2025, 12.01am, The Times

The European Union is drawing up a plan to overhaul the post-war convention on refugees that prevents countries from rejecting asylum seekers at their borders in what may be one of the biggest shifts in migration policy in decades.

There is a growing consensus across Europe that the 1951 Refugee Convention, drafted after the Second World War and added to by rulings in the European and EU courts, is no longer fit for purpose.

“It should be noted that these principles were developed after the end of the Second World War, and were characterised by a very different geopolitical situation to that of today,” said a diplomatic paper seen by The Times.

The 1951 convention is signed by 144 countries and defines legal obligations for

[Old_Geezer]

But surely the ECHR won't allow it ?!

[naomi24]

^Ditto.

[THECORBYLOON]

You can read the article here, https://archive.ph/hPcAd

[ynnafymmi]

Doesnt most countries in the EU just ignore the ECHR rulings,the UK is probably the only country in Europe that adheres strictly to their rulings.