36 minutes agoGermany, Spain Reach Migrant Return Agreement
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Today a ship of immigrants also landed in Spain. But all hopes that they can continue for Germany can be erased, writes EuroNews. Berlin and Madrid agreed that the German state will send back immigrants who have applied asylum to Spain and try to cross through the borders of [...] Germany.
But all hopes that they can continue for Germany can be erased, writes EuroNews.
Berlin and Madrid agreed that the German state will send back immigrants who have applied asylum to Spain and try to cross over to Germany through Schengen's open borders.
Under the deal, migrants must return to Spain within 48 hours.
The agreement was reached after a long debate in Chancellor Angela Merkel's government. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer threatened to resign because of Merkel's policies for immigrants.
He had proposed no-confidence vote on the Chancellor in June. Later, Merkel had called for an extraordinary meeting of the European Union for Migrations.
Over a million and 600 thousand immigrants have been seeking asylum in Germany since 2014. The German Chancellor's policy had been highly opposed by opposition parties, which prompted her party to take fewer seats in the last elections.
Such an agreement Germany is trying to do with Italy and Greece.
