The European Commission has published a proposal that would allow EU member states to send asylum seekers to countries with which they have no connection, on the basis of procedures with limited safeguards and illusory promises of respect for human rights.
  • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
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    19 days ago

    This means an EU country could send an asylum seeker to a country halfway around the world, where she has never been, doesn’t speak the language, and has no cultural ties, family or community, and where prospects for a fair procedure and support for rebuilding her life could be in doubt. Under the new proposal, her appeal of the decision would no longer prevent her from being put on a plane before the appeal is considered.