(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, 24 GEN - A total of 924,000 asylum
requests were recorded in the EU in 2022. This number is over
three times the approximately 330,000 attempts by migrants to
enter the EU without authorization, noted Home Affairs
Commissioner, Ylva Johansson, on Tuesday.'
She added that those with the right to international
protection must be protected while those lacking this should
return to their countries of origin.
The commissioner claimed that this is the only way to "protect the system" and that the number of repatriations must therefore increase.
The European Commission on Tuesday presented a strategy to increase the number of repatriations.
Mari Juritsch, EU coordinator for repatriations, said during the presentation that this was a complicated matter and that repatriations are not yet see as a shared responsibility in the bloc in its entirety, leading to problems.
The strategy presented will focus on four pillars: better coordination between the European Commission and member states, speeding up of the process, assistance to countries of origin, and digitalisation of the procedure.
Juritsch stressed that a single, unified EU-wide system for repatriation was needed. (ANSAmed).
The commissioner claimed that this is the only way to "protect the system" and that the number of repatriations must therefore increase.
The European Commission on Tuesday presented a strategy to increase the number of repatriations.
Mari Juritsch, EU coordinator for repatriations, said during the presentation that this was a complicated matter and that repatriations are not yet see as a shared responsibility in the bloc in its entirety, leading to problems.
The strategy presented will focus on four pillars: better coordination between the European Commission and member states, speeding up of the process, assistance to countries of origin, and digitalisation of the procedure.
Juritsch stressed that a single, unified EU-wide system for repatriation was needed. (ANSAmed).
