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These countries that want "export" their asylum seekers: those informed about Europe on November 19

Every Sunday, an overview of European news with François Beaudonnet, editor-in-chief of the European editorial team at France Télévisions, and our guests.

These countries that want quotexportquot their asylum seekers those informed

Published on November 19, 2023 10:07 am

Reading time: 247 minsA reception center for migrants in Porto Empedocle (Italy), September 19, 2023 (FLAVIO LO SCALZO / AVALON / MAXPPP)

A reception center for migrants in Porto Empedocle (Italy), September 19, 2023 (FLAVIO LO SCALZO / AVALON / MAXPPP)

Jean-Rémi Baudot and François Beaudonnet received Christian Spillman, former correspondent for Agence France Presse in Brussels and author of the blog Fuori Mura (in French: Hors les Murs); And Alain GuillemolesJournalist for the daily newspaper La Croix, responsible for European affairs.

As Europe struggles to contain and control irregular immigration from Brussels, some European capitals believe they have found the solution: to “export” the management of their asylum seekers to other countries outside the EU.

The problem for these governments (Italy, Austria, Denmark, etc.), which often come from or are in coalition with the extreme right, is that these measures are illegal in the eyes of their own legislation and European legislation.

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