The Council of Europe has criticized the planned agreement between Italy and Albania to combat irregular migration across the Mediterranean. Human rights activists are concerned about the handling of asylum procedures in third countries and warn of a lack of control.
The deal raises several questions and contributes to a “worrying European trend” of outsourcing asylum responsibilities, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatović said in Strasbourg on Monday.
“In practice, the lack of legal certainty is likely to undermine important human rights guarantees and accountability for violations, resulting in differential treatment between those whose asylum claims are examined in Albania and those whose asylum claims are examined in Italy,” the report said. a press release.
Meloni arranged a deal
Last week, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama signed a declaration of intent to establish two centers in Albania to accommodate migrants rescued in the Mediterranean.
People rescued by Italian authorities’ ships will be taken to Albania to complete their asylum procedure. Only people whose asylum applications have been approved may subsequently be brought to Italy. The German federal government also wants to investigate whether asylum procedures outside Europe are possible.
The federal and state governments in Germany recently agreed on a new financing system for refugee care and agreed to cut benefits for asylum seekers.
Plans must be made first
Germany wants to introduce payment cards for refugees that will allow them to buy everyday goods without cash. This would limit the ability to send money back to their home country, which is sometimes seen as an incentive to flee to Germany. It is not yet known how the system will be implemented in Germany’s bureaucratic desert. States must now develop “minimum national standards” for payment cards.
Source: Krone
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