Migration past crisis peak but still a big issue, says agency chief

Europe is past nan worst of its highest migration flows but cannot spend to calm its efforts to woody pinch nan issue, nan caput of nan International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) has told Euronews successful an interview.

The ICMPD is an world organisation that supports governments and institutions successful processing and implementing semipermanent strategies to negociate and govern migration.

"We're not successful an exceptional business anymore,” said Michael Spindelegger, reflecting connected nan highest migration flows of 2015–2016 successful nan Vienna agency of nan agency, adding: “But pinch astir 1 cardinal asylum applications again past year, we can’t spend to calm down.”

Despite a large driblet successful irregular migration to nan EU this year, migration remains a thorny governmental rumor successful galore countries.

Michael Spindelegger, a erstwhile MEP from Austria, has been successful complaint of nan ICMPD for almost a decade, told Euronews nan EU is still successful request of a “balanced and creative” attack to migration policy.

Italy and Denmark missive to European Court of Human Rights

Spindelegger expressed support for emerging migration models, specified arsenic Italy’s arguable scheme to process asylum seekers successful Albania—an inaugural he described arsenic “innovative” and legally chopped from nan UK’s Rwanda scheme.

“The cardinal quality is Italy remains responsible. It’s their authorities moving nan process,” he said. “If this works, it could beryllium a exemplary for different European countries.”

Asked astir proposals from countries for illustration Denmark that person seen nan state travel up against nan European Convention connected Human Rights, Spindelegger was open.

“Everyone is invited to research intelligent, modern ways of handling migration,” he said.

To curb irregular migration, Denmark has deployed a substance of policies from paying migrants to return to their location countries to nan alleged "ghetto law" that intends to limit nan attraction of taste minorities successful definite neighbourhoods.

Denmark and Italy published an open letter -backed by a fistful of different EU nations - criticising nan European Court of Human Rights for going "too far" successful interpreting nan rule connected migration matters.

The EU Migration Pact: imperfect but important

The precocious ratified EU Migration and Asylum Pact—years successful nan making—has sparked section among personnel states, pinch Hungary, Poland, and nan Netherlands voicing beardown opposition.

Still, Spindelegger called nan pact a “big measurement forward”, dismissing claims that it's falling apart.

“There is ever guidance successful Europe. The truth that we reached a breakthrough aft truthful galore years of deadlock is simply a occurrence successful itself,” he noted.

He emphasised that nationalist initiatives for illustration Italy’s do not conflict pinch nan pact, which is chiefly astir streamlining asylum procedures and strengthening separator controls.

Safe countries and Syrian returns

On nan contentious rumor of returning migrants to countries deemed “safe”, Spindelegger highlighted nan complexity of nan debate—particularly successful narration to Syria.

“It depends very overmuch connected developments connected nan ground,” he said. “In parts of Syria, particularly on nan Mediterranean coast, conditions mightiness beryllium improving, but we request existent guarantees for number protection.”

He urged EU states to prosecute straight pinch Syrian authorities earlier immoderate broader argumentation shifts, informing against premature decisions.

EU ministers will meet successful Luxembourg adjacent week for talks connected migration and asylum.