THE EU
Never ones to miss a chance at bureaucratic empire building, the EU has decided yet again to meddle with the rules for immigration of individual member states. In particular, the EU is keen to place restrictions on countries’ abilities to deport illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers.
Calling for common rules for the deportation of illegal immigrants, EU justice commissioner Franco Frattini said that the EU needed ‘coherent, efficient and credible’ common EU-standards immigration and asylum rules.
If accepted, the proposals would:
- Limit the temporary custody of illegal immigrants to 6 months
- Give a third-country national facing deportation the right to appeal
- Prevent the return of anyone, including terror suspects, to countries where they might face torture
- Allow individual member states to ban people, deported for security reasons, from re-entering any of the 25 EU states for a minimum of 5 years [after which time, presumably, it is OK for them to come back and carry on from where they left off].
Since the first 3 items listed above, in addition to our own existing impediments to the deportation of illegal immigrants, would make deportation highly unlikely, the rule about those deported ‘for security reasons’ not being allowed to re-enter any EU country is worthless.
Our own procedures for processing the claims of so-called asylum seekers is taking far longer than 6 months, which means that the restriction on length of detention will effectively allow anyone to enter this country freely.
The commission further advocated the principle of voluntary return by establishing a general rule that a ‘period for departure’ should normally be granted, only after which a removal order should be issued and executed. This of course assumes that the illegal immigrant is still conveniently residing at the same address and has not absconded.
Mr Frattini said that measures were ‘balanced’ and guaranteed illegal immigrants legal entity, while at the same time counteracting ‘popular scepticism’. The commissioner also suggested that immigrants swear an oath ‘of faithfulness’ to European values:
Needless to say, a coalition of the usual pro-mass immigration groups, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have attacked the notion that illegal immigrants should be detained and deported:
The control of the UK’s borders is a matter for the UK government and no one else. Any proposals to reintroduce the concept of immigration control to the UK should most definitely not be ‘balanced’ as between the rights of illegal immigrants and the national interest. The national interest comes first.
Illegal immigrants have no right to enter our country.
Calling for common rules for the deportation of illegal immigrants, EU justice commissioner Franco Frattini said that the EU needed ‘coherent, efficient and credible’ common EU-standards immigration and asylum rules.
If accepted, the proposals would:
- Limit the temporary custody of illegal immigrants to 6 months
- Give a third-country national facing deportation the right to appeal
- Prevent the return of anyone, including terror suspects, to countries where they might face torture
- Allow individual member states to ban people, deported for security reasons, from re-entering any of the 25 EU states for a minimum of 5 years [after which time, presumably, it is OK for them to come back and carry on from where they left off].
Since the first 3 items listed above, in addition to our own existing impediments to the deportation of illegal immigrants, would make deportation highly unlikely, the rule about those deported ‘for security reasons’ not being allowed to re-enter any EU country is worthless.
Our own procedures for processing the claims of so-called asylum seekers is taking far longer than 6 months, which means that the restriction on length of detention will effectively allow anyone to enter this country freely.
The commission further advocated the principle of voluntary return by establishing a general rule that a ‘period for departure’ should normally be granted, only after which a removal order should be issued and executed. This of course assumes that the illegal immigrant is still conveniently residing at the same address and has not absconded.
Mr Frattini said that measures were ‘balanced’ and guaranteed illegal immigrants legal entity, while at the same time counteracting ‘popular scepticism’. The commissioner also suggested that immigrants swear an oath ‘of faithfulness’ to European values:
‘One can get every immigrant to somehow declare they will respect national law, EU law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights...I personally feel it is something worth exploring at European level.’
Needless to say, a coalition of the usual pro-mass immigration groups, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have attacked the notion that illegal immigrants should be detained and deported:
‘Detention of irregular migrants should not be a systematic part of any common asylum policy in Europe: alternatives to detention should always be the absolute exception and last resort, and persons belonging to vulnerable categories should never be detained.’
The control of the UK’s borders is a matter for the UK government and no one else. Any proposals to reintroduce the concept of immigration control to the UK should most definitely not be ‘balanced’ as between the rights of illegal immigrants and the national interest. The national interest comes first.
Illegal immigrants have no right to enter our country.
posted by erc @ 1:30 pm
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