2024-04-17 09:13:59
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said today that his country will not support the new EU pact on migration and asylum, which was approved last week by the European Parliament, Reuters reported.
The EU’s new migration system envisages a reduction in security and asylum procedures and the return of more illegal migrants. The aim is to reduce unwanted migration from the Middle East and Africa, which is a top priority for the EU. Countries that do not wish to accept any of the arriving migrants can be freed from this obligation by paying financial compensation, Reuters notes.
“We say unequivocally that you cannot order a country to accept, in the case of Slovakia, up to 300 migrants you know nothing about, or to pay 20,000 euros for each one of them,” Fico told a news conference after consultations. in the Slovak Foreign Ministry. “This is not solidarity, but a dictate,” the Slovak prime minister continued, warning that his Smer (“Direction”) party and the ruling coalition as a whole would vote against the relevant laws in parliament.
In order for the pact to enter into force for the entire EU, it must be approved by the member states, who will then have two years to implement it, notes Reuters, quoted by BTA.