The ministers of the interior and the migrations of the twenty-seven met, Friday, October 8, in Luxembourg while the violence multiply against migrants in several countries.
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They flew over the question, it is true, banal: the European ministers of the interior and in charge of migration, together with Friday, October 8 in Luxembourg, did not want to tap on this new case of “Pushbacks” (or illegal refills) of migrants, revealed the day before by the Lighthouse Reports investigative consortium. This time, he had relied on recordings proving the brutalities committed by members of law enforcement to uniforms rendered anonymous, “special units” at the work in Croatia, Greece and Romania, and of which the financing could come from European funds.
The ministers of the countries concerned promised to investigate. This is not the first time and the potential results of previous investigations have never been unveiled. “We are not going to apologize, we protect the external borders and fight against trafficking networks,” said the Greek minister of migration, from Thursday, notis Mitrachi.
The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatovic, speaks of “unacceptable standardization of violence” and the European Commissioner for Migration, YLVA Johansson, for his part, said ” Extremely worried “. But its services argue their inability to control, and possibly punish Member States.
No action “as a one”
During Friday’s discussion, M Me Johansson had to see that, on this subject as on others, his room for maneuver seems to be a meeting in a meeting. “We are acting as a South, East, West or North, but not as a” she deploor. Around the table, a consensus has only been found to severely condemn the attitude of the Belarusian regime and its instrumentalization of migration: targeted by European sanctions for the violent repression to which it delivers, the regime of Alexandre Lukachenko led Towards its borders with Lithuania and Poland thousands of people, mostly Iraqis.
Evoking what they call a “hybrid attack” against them and the Union, the two countries concerned, supported by ten others, including Greece, Hungary and Austria, now claim the Commission. finances the construction of walls at the external borders of the Union. They consider that this project must become a priority, because “for the benefit of the twenty-seven”. “European funds can only be used for Integrated Border Management Systems,” said a spokesperson for the Commission. What excludes, a priori, the building of walls
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