Activists protest with a placard reading 'EU mass murder' against the Migration and Asylum package during a parliament vote at the European Parliament in Brussels, BelgiumThe European Union has approved a historic reform of its migration and asylum laws, hoping to manage the entry of thousands of people without authorization. The EU's Pact on Migration and Asylum has been in the works since 2015, but has faced criticism from human rights groups.
The plan is nearly a decade in the making, after more than a million people sought refuge in Europe in 2015.The new laws hope to end years of division over how to manage the entry of thousands of people without authorisation.She says the package is a robust legislative framework that is the same in all member states.
“First, more secure European borders, knowing exactly who crosses our borders by registering and screening everyone, while ensuring the protection of the fundamental rights through an independent monitoring. Second, faster, more efficient procedures for asylum and return. This means that those with no right to asylum will not be able to not be allowed to enter the European Union, while those escaping war or persecution can count on the protection they need.
“It is not encouraging in anyway, it shows that democratic parties are increasingly adopting positions from the extreme right. It shows that votes and short-term populism are more important - or are more important to the parties - than human rights and human lives. And we are very clearly standing against this, we want to stop it. We think it is catastrophic and very short-sighted thinking, because you do not stop the extreme right by adopting their positions.
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