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We Must Fight Proposed E.U. Resettlement Program

The long-awaited proposal from the European Commission for refugee resettlement is a “poisonous gift” and must be opposed, says Malin Björk, a special rapporteur to the European Parliament.

However, instead of showing initiative and taking responsibility at a time when we are facing the worst global refugee crisis since the second world war, the commission’s proposal was a huge disappointment. Rather than standing up for the principles on which the UNCHR resettlement scheme is based, the commission’s proposal makes the resettlement program subservient to a game in which third countries (outside the E.U.) are encouraged to act as gatekeepers, “to control refugee flows,” as officials put it.

According to the proposal, the E.U. is to prioritize the resettlement of refugees from these third countries based on the extent of their cooperation with the E.U. to stop “irregular refugees” – in practice, the vast majority of all refugees – and deport them back to their countries of origin. This version of a resettlement scheme is no less than a continuation of the disgraceful E.U.-Turkey deal, in which the authoritarian regime of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is being paid to stop refugees from reaching Europe.

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