More than 100 NGOs call on European leaders: the European Commission’s proposal on migration should be rejected
Just before last European Council, which took place in Brussels these last days of June, a great number of NGOs expressed its dissent against the Commission proposal on migration. According to these human rights, humanitarian, medical, migration and development agencies, “the European Union, a project built on the rubble of devastating war, is about to embark on a dark chapter of its history” shifting towards a foreign policy that aims at curbing migration instead of finding concrete solutions. In this way, the group of NGOs argued, the EU and its Member States risk to undermine their credibility and authority in the protection of human rights. “This New Partnership agreement risks cementing a shift in foreign policy that serves one single objective, to curb migration, at the expense of European (…) leverage in defence of fundamental values and human rights”. For this reason, they addressed European Heads of State and Government to reject the Commission proposal that “would cement this approach, making deterrence and return of people the main objective of the EU’s relationship with third countries”. (suite…)