22.01.2022, Forbes

Stronger Borders Trump Human Rights At Vilnius Migration Conference

At a meeting of EU ministers to address an emergent ‘crisis’ of irregular migration, Fabrice Leggeri, executive director of Frontex, emphasised balancing respect for human rights with the need to manage migration across Europe’s borders and seemed to suggest a lack of clarity in EU policy was the real issue. While many EU member states and individual MEPs have expressed concern over the EU neglecting the human rights of migrants, the dominant focus overall remains on reducing irregular migration. The loudest calls for action at the meeting, from interior ministers of member states such as Italy, Poland, and Greece, were to increase EU border enforcement and crack down on "smugglers’ networks". read more

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