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Brussels will continue to explore the development of deportation centers for migrants outside the EU
The European Commission (EC) will continue to explore the idea of creating migrant deportation centers in countries outside the European Union, as a formula to increase the returns of those who do not obtain the right to stay in the community area.
“Some Member States are asking to explore possible ways to advance solutions, such as the idea of developing deportation centers outside the EU,” said European Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, on Wednesday in a debate on migration held in the European Parliament.
“The Commission will continue to explore possible progress on the idea of developing deportation centres outside the Union, especially in the view of a legislative proposal on returns,” he added.
Respect for fundamental rights
According to the comissar, “significant attention will be paid to respect for fundamental rights, when considering measures such as deportation centers.”
In this sense, Dalli has assured that he is in contact with organizations such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees “to ensure that International Law and the principle of non-return are always respected in all cases.”
The commissioner made this clarification after last week the President of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, sent a letter to the leaders of the Twenty-Seven in which she asked to “continue exploring” to advance the idea of developing deportation centers outside the EU and called for lessons from the implementation of the agreement between Italy and Albania.
He did so before a European summit in which it was discussed how to increase the return of migrants, a priority issue for all Member States, which are beginning to consider the possibility of creating deportation centers abroad, ruled out a few years ago by doubts about its compatibility with Community and international legislation.
Reviews of Von der Leyen
In the debate, the PP MEP Dolors Montserrat assured that the southern border of Europe, in reference to the Spanish Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, “is at serious risk of collapse due to the constant arrival of irregular immigrants.”
Montserrat accused the Government of Spain of this situation because “it does not defend our borders or our security forces, evades international cooperation, disobeys Europe and despises Frontex’s help.”
Meanwhile, the president of the social democratic group, Iratxe García Pérez, warned that her party will not allow Von der Leyen’s letter about deportation centers to “bury” the recently agreed European migration pact.
In his opinion, “indiscriminate” deportations represent “the most unworthy abdication of the values of the European project.”
“Now that the Italian Justice has ruled that the agreement of the Government of (Giorgia) Meloni with Albania is illegal, Mrs. Von der Leyen must abandon her inhuman and illegal proposal to create deportation centers in third countries,” she said.
From Sumar, Estrella Galán said that “building prisons for refugees in Europe is an outrageous” and accused Von der Leyen of having crossed a red line for a handful of votes.
For ERC, Diana Riba criticized “the blackmail” experienced by the EU by Turkey or Morocco, who she said have been converted into “border guards.”
From Vox, Jorge Buxadé called for “against illegal immigration, deportation” and “against mass immigration, mass deportations.”
International
María Corina Machado kidnapped and forced to record videos before being released, says opposition
The Venezuela Command, the campaign team of opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, denounced the “kidnapping” and subsequent release of political leader María Corina Machado after she led a protest in Caracas on the eve of the Venezuelan presidential inauguration.
In a post on X, the opposition team stated that the former lawmaker was “intercepted and knocked off the motorcycle she was traveling on” after leading a rally in the Chacao area of the Venezuelan capital.
“Gunshots were fired during the incident. She was forcibly detained. During her kidnapping, she was forced to record several videos, and then she was released,” the statement added, which was made public nearly two hours after Machado’s party, Vente Venezuela, reported that she had been “violently intercepted.”
International
Governor Jenniffer González expresses solidarity with Venezuela’s struggling opposition
Puerto Rico’s Governor Jenniffer González expressed her sorrow over Venezuela’s political crisis on Thursday and voiced her support for Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, just one day before President Nicolás Maduro is set to take office following the controversial July elections.
“I think it is sad that the Venezuelan people have to suffer the consequences of a dictator who came to power by deceiving the people. I recognize Edmundo González for his leadership,” the governor stated during a press conference, coinciding with a day of protests by Venezuela’s opposition.
“The Venezuelan community has my full support, and, as we have done in the past, we will maintain that line of communication with whatever we can collaborate on,” assured the Puerto Rican head of government.
González Urrutia is currently in the Dominican Republic, the last announced stop on his American tour, where he was accompanied by Dominican President Luis Abinader and former Latin American presidents from the Spain and Americas Democratic Initiative (Grupo Idea).
International
Hundreds of venezuelan protesters demand ‘democratic change’ in Rome
Dozens of Venezuelans demonstrated in central Rome on Thursday to show their support for opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia and demand a “democratic change,” on the eve of the presidential inauguration that has deeply divided the country.
The protest took place in the Roman square of Largo Argentina and gathered several members of the Venezuelan diaspora and refugees, who sang their national anthem and displayed signs with the slogan “Glory to the brave people.”
Around 150 participants were present, according to one of the coordinators of the protest, Celeste Puerta from the ‘Aiuto Venezuela’ Civic Movement, who spoke to EFE.
Similar actions have been organized in other Italian cities, including Bologna, Florence, and Milan in the north.
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