Countries in the European Union are likely to be sending refugees and migrants off to other countries, but not as far as the British policy of flying refugees to Rwanda.
TATWORLD reports that the idea of sending asylum seekers to safe third countries is seen in a deal Italy recently struck with non-EU nation Albania.
On Wednesday, the European Parliament will vote on the new EU migration and asylum laws, which contain provisions for sending refugees and migrants to a “safe” third country.
However, EU law would require a “link” between asylum-seekers and the receiving countries to be shown
In contrast, Britain’s plan involves having Rwanda as the permanent host nation of all asylum-seekers who had gone to the UK irregularly, regardless of whether they had any connection with Rwanda.
Alberto Horst Neidhardt, a migration analyst at the European Policy Centre, thinks that the British plan will not be possible in the European Union because it is “neither in accordance with the current legislative framework nor in accordance with the reforms that will be put to the vote.”
However, Austria and Denmark have shown interest in the British plan.
