Dutch Opt-Out Request Gets Frosty Commission Reaction
The rules on asylum and migration remain binding, and there will be no opt-out from the European treaty, Commission says.
The rules on asylum and migration remain binding, and there will be no opt-out from the European treaty, Commission says.
The refugees must also be deemed dangerous to society, independent of their crime, creating a labyrinth of red tape for European countries looking to deport foreign criminals.
The Austrian interior ministry recorded 1,183 criminal offenses—including crimes like rape, sexual abuse of children, physical harm, murder, document forgery, fraud, and theft—that took place at asylum centers in 2022, a year-over-year increase of 57.5%.
Party insiders expect tensions to boil over at a special conference next month, with the establishment centre-left party struggling to respond to the rise of the FPÖ.
Iceland, which has a population of 370,000, saw 2,500 asylum seekers arrive in 2022, supported by open-border NGOs.
Legal bottlenecks allow migrants to apply for asylum in multiple member states, but the Commission promises that the problem will be addressed in the upcoming Immigration and Asylum Pact.
The increasing number of asylum seekers poses “a major challenge for integration structures, which are certainly at their limits,” Integration Minister Raab said.
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