The European Parliament has given the green light to the first list of “safe countries of origin” whose citizens will no longer be able to seek asylum in the EU.
The list includes Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Kosovo, India, Morocco and Tunisia as well as EU candidate countries such as the Western Balkans nations, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.
Syria, anyone?
Ukraine? But there’s still a war going on?
Pretty sure being openly queer is not safe in most of those countries.
It will be up to the asylum seeker to prove that there is a real threat of persecution or serious harm if they return.
This leaves a lot of questions unanswered.
European xenophobia is just fucking pathetic. Pathetic. On the one hand we make a big stink about the rules based order and liberal values. And in the other we make a mockery of all of that to appease the worst among us. Pathetic.
The end of that list reads like it’s straight out of the Russian propaganda playbook.
If the eu does not take a line somewhere on immigration the far right will make further gains. Given most of these places tout themselves as holiday destinations i can see the rationale.
I am not saying I believe it to be fair. I understand there is nuance and persecution in many places and people want to escape oppression.
Giving in to the far-right will only lead to the nomalisation of dehumanising immigrants and asylum seekers. Maybe they should try reducing the wealth-gap instead of blaming a small group of vulnerable people.
Far right is not gaining votes due to immigration! This is just a scapegoat that they themselves designated to keep people’s attention away from the worsening living conditions and deteriorating safety nets, and capitalize on anger stemming from that.
The only way to resolve this for good is to improve the lives of working class people through economic policies which benefit them. But that would require stepping on the toes of the oligarchy, so it’s not going to happen without workers organizing and fighting for their rights.
In German, there is a perfectly descriptive word for the right. “Wutpartei” (Anger party). Kind of fits these categories. Most people just want the status quo to change and they think by electing extremists, they’re going to get that, not realising that it is exactly these radicals fucking them over in the end. If in doubt, look at MAGA.
