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EU governments agree longer detention of asylum-seekers in border centres
European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas delivers a speech on the speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package, October 4, 2023 in Strasbourg, France
EUROPEAN UNION governments agreed a proposal today to set up mass detention centres for refugees on the bloc’s external borders.
Those attempting to enter the EU could be held at such centres until their claims are assessed under the deal, which must be taken to the European parliament.
Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska called it a “huge step forward on a critical issue for the future of the EU.”
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