2023-11-16 17:14:43
Pair Eloi Passot
Published 1 hour ago, Updated 11 minutes ago
Asylum outsourcing involves sending applicants to centers outside the EU to process their applications. DarwelShots / stock.adobe.com
DECRYPTION – This Wednesday, November 15, the British Supreme Court ruled illegal the government’s plan to send illegally entered asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Rishi Sunak persists and signs. Despite the censure of the highest British court, the Prime Minister indicated this Wednesday, November 15 that he was already working on a “new treaty» with Rwanda, where he wants to expel asylum seekers who arrived illegally on British territory. The processing of their requests would thus be outsourced to Africa, to prevent them from remaining on British territory if they are rejected.
The United Kingdom is not the first to want to implement these famous “hot spots“. Born after the unprecedented migration crisis which hit the Old Continent in 2015, the idea is currently gaining strength in a number of European countries, also facing a new peak in arrivals. In 2022, European Union countries received 962,000 requests to benefit from it.
The firmness of the Danish social democrats
Denmark, whose migration policy is one of the most restrictive in Europe, adopted a law in 2021 on the outsourcing of visa processing. She plans to direct…
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