Legal channels for labor migration are closed

The European Union needs a compromise solution to the migrant problem

Refugees in Greece are living in dire humanitarian conditions.

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In 2015, the European Union was shaken and deeply divided by the migration crisis.

The mechanism for mandatory distribution of asylum-seekers adopted by the Union was met with rejection by Eastern countries.

Five years later, the Dublin Regulation, which obliges countries of entry (Greece, Italy, and Malta) to screen applications, expires.

Among its bad results are the proliferation of inhumane camps, delays in processing applications, and wandering migrants trying to enter several countries.

After many other tragedies, including the wreck of countless ships in the Mediterranean, the fire in the "Moria" camp, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on September 9, showed that the European Union no longer had the right to be wrong.

In order for the impasse that is fueling the impotence of the European Union to get out, in the eyes of the Europeans, it is necessary to reach a compromise solution that is acceptable to all and works on the ground.

In addition, the "immigration charter" presented by the chairperson of the commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in September, appears complex and delicate, but it is qualified to meet these expectations.

Instead of asking Central European countries to receive foreigners they do not want;

The text wants to oblige it to organize and fund the forcible return of rejected people.

If they do not, they will have to accept refugees on their lands.

And in the event of a crisis, the "front line" countries would benefit through a distribution mechanism between the 27 countries, according to their wealth and population.

In addition, the European Union will restrict the granting of visas to citizens of countries that refuse to re-admit returning migrants.

Von der Leyen seriously played with words when she promised to "cancel" the Dublin Regulation, saying that the processing of asylum applications will continue by the country in which the refugee first entered, and some applicants may be detained during a certain period - three months - to examine their files.

On the other hand, it is difficult to see how migrants can be "managed" from a distance by countries that are resistant to receiving them.

Europe faces a major challenge, as the closure of legal channels for labor migration has led to a turnout of asylum applications, which the crises in Syria, Afghanistan and Africa have fueled.

This reality requires a speedy humane remedy, capable of identifying multiple cases of persecution.

The combination of control over the external borders of the European Union, through joint cooperation between the 27 countries, and a mechanism for examining applications and forcibly returning rejected applicants, can make it possible to move forward towards a common policy.

Reaching this settlement, by states, especially Eastern European countries, remains difficult.

Germany and France, the two main host countries, should support the search for an agreement to secure an asylum mechanism in the European Union and relieve countries suffering from migration flows.

And because there is nothing worse than an unenforceable rule, such as the current rule, nothing is more harmful and dangerous to social peace and democracy than the scourge of xenophobia, which has been instilled on the European scene for years.

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