Germany- Italy: Ready to Return Migrants

The “Agreement with Italy has closed”, so German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) in Bundestag said on Wednesday. Only two signatures are missing, his and his Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvin's. However, to save travel costs, we will exchange documents”, Seehofer said, stressing that this will last several days. This is a success. ”

Italy: Unsigned

In Italy, however, they do not seem to share the attitude of Seehopher. According to Italy's Ministry of Internal Affairs circles, as long as there is no signature, no agreement is considered closed. Head Matteo Salvin, from the rightist camp, will speak on the subject at Vienna's conference on the topic of security and migration to the EU. Italy's “Synim is a compensation deal. Italy will sign the deal, only when it no longer has to take care of even a single refugee”, Salvin said.

The German government has signed refugee re-admission agreements that were previously registered in an EU country, according to the Dublin Agreement, even with other countries like Spain and Greece. They predict that Germany should return within 48 hours from the German-austrian border to these countries, if they have made asylum demands in these countries. Verification is done through a special database, Eurodac.

Germany takes on obligations

The agreement with Greece also envisions German obligations. The German government has promised the Greek government that it will verify the previous cases of the family refugee union by the end of the year. In Greece, they expect 20003,000 refugees to join families in Germany. Even with Italy, Berlin aims to reach a deal, participating in the admission of refugees saved on the open sea.

The row over refugee returns from Germany to countries where they have sought asylum erupted sharply in the spring in Germany, leading to a strong coalition crisis. Horst Seehofer was then tasked with seeking deals with Italy, Greece and Spain.DW