Brussels’ largest political faction wants to ship illegal immigrants to Africa, but the EU’s own laws could get in the way
The leader of the center-right European People’s Party has called on the EU to set up migrant return hubs in Africa to enable swift deportations. However, similar schemes have failed before.
In an editorial for Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Monday, Weber argued that the recent migrant invasion of Ceuta was enabled by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’ pro-immigration policies. Enforcement of EU migration law, the senior Brussels power-player argued, can no longer be left up to individual member states.
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