"European ministers will this week discuss plans to send thousands of rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs, the head of the continent's human rights body has told the Guardian. Alain Berset, the secretary general of the Council of Europe, said discussions about the removal of people who arrived in Europe by irregular routes would take place at a multilateral level at a meeting in Moldova on Friday."
"Ministers are also expected to announce a political declaration that will recognise countries' rights to control their borders after claims that human rights laws have impeded the removal of foreign criminals and unwanted asylum seekers. There have been demands from several interior ministers, including the UK's home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, for changes to the interpretation of the European convention on human rights (ECHR)."
"Speaking before the council's conference in Chisinau, the Moldovan capital, Berset said: The discussion about hubs was an important element. We all know that it has been discussed in different countries. It will be discussed at a multilateral level. It is progress, in the sense that we are able to address political elements [that were previously] discussed at a national level. So hubs will be discussed and we will need to see how it is possible to implement this."
"But Berset insisted that it would be important that migrants removed from European soil would still be protected by the ECHR. We are dealing with human beings on European soil. That means [they are] also protected by the European court, the European convention of human rights. That is decisive. Clearly the condit"
European ministers plan to discuss sending thousands of rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs at a multilateral meeting in Moldova. A political declaration is expected to recognize countries’ rights to control borders, amid claims that human rights law has limited removal of foreign criminals and unwanted asylum seekers. Interior ministers, including the UK’s home secretary, have called for changes to how the European Convention on Human Rights is interpreted. Human rights organizations warn that weakening the convention could reduce protection for vulnerable people fleeing war and persecution. The Council of Europe’s secretary general says hub discussions will occur at a multilateral level and emphasizes that people removed from European soil must remain protected under the ECHR, with protection by the European court described as decisive.
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