The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached an agreement on a new legislative proposal aimed at speeding up the return of migrants who do not have the right to reside in EU member states to third countries.
According to the agreement reached, member states will be able to establish return centers outside the territory of the European Union, intended for persons whose requests for international protection have been rejected.
As announced by the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU, the new rules also introduce a European return decision, standardizing the key elements of national decisions. This facilitates the mutual recognition of decisions among member states.
In practice, this means that a person ordered to return in one EU country could also be returned from another member state, based on the same decision. However, mutual recognition remains voluntary for now, and the European Commission will assess its effectiveness two years after the regulation enters into force and possibly propose mandatory application.
The new regulation provides for a more precise definition of the obligations of migrants who do not have legal residence in the EU. They will, among other things, be obliged to leave the territory of the Union and cooperate with the competent institutions in the return procedure.
This legislative framework builds on the European Pact on Migration and Asylum, which was adopted earlier and whose full application will begin on June 12 this year.
According to data from Brussels, last year, around 28 percent of third-country nationals whose asylum applications were rejected were successfully returned from Schengen countries, which represents the highest level in the last ten years. The new regulations aim to further increase that percentage.
(Vijesti.ba)
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