European Ministers to Discuss Third-Country Asylum Hubs in Moldova
European ministers are set to convene in Moldova for a Council of Europe meeting focused on establishing third-country hubs for rejected asylum seekers. Alain Berset, the Council’s secretary general, confirmed that discussions will address the multilateral removal of individuals arriving via irregular routes. The meeting aims to produce a political declaration recognizing nations' rights to control borders, potentially limiting how asylum seekers invoke the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to resist deportation. This initiative follows the UK's abandoned Rwanda scheme and similar EU efforts involving countries like Denmark and Germany. While Berset emphasized that removed migrants must remain protected by the ECHR, human rights organizations warn that undermining these legal protections risks vulnerable refugees. Twelve potential destination countries, including Rwanda, Tunisia, and Egypt, are under consideration. The move reflects growing political pressure from interior ministers across Europe to reinterpret human rights laws to facilitate stricter migration controls, marking a significant shift in the continent's approach to asylum management.
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