Hungary would be made to pay the price for failed migration policy

The new migration pact will allow people smugglers to decide who will live in Europe, Zoltan Lomnici Jr. said.

CATANIA, ITALY - APRIL 12: Migrants aboard the fishing boat greet their arrival at the port of Catania with cheers and to the cry of 'Bella Italia'. Aboard the fishing boat are 600 migrants who have been rescued in recent days 100 miles off the Sicilian coast on April 12, 2023 in Catania, Italy. The Italian Coast Guard escorted a fishing trawler with around 700 migrants and refugees who were rescued some 100 miles off the coast of Sicily. (Photo by Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images) Fotó: Fabrizio Villa

The misguided migration policies of the Western countries also raise the legitimate question of why the Germans or the French, for example, should be obliged to tolerate the consequences of illegal migration.

The misguided migration policies of the Western countries also raise the legitimate question of why the Germans or the French, for example, should be obliged to tolerate the consequences of illegal migration.

How do decision-makers in Brussels, for example, look into the eyes of parents whose nursery-age children have been stabbed by a Syrian migrant?

the question arises.

Discontent in the ranks of German governing parties

Meanwhile, although Berlin has been one of the strongest advocates of the new migration regime, the deal has sparked much debate within the government and has been met with disappointment in Germany. "If we as the Federal Government had been able to pass the reform on our own, it would have looked different,” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said to calm critics.

"Germany has pushed especially hard to agree on a solidarity mechanism in the EU migration pact. While they were ultimately successful, Berlin had to sacrifice in other areas – especially when it comes to the heavily contested rapid asylum procedures at the European borders," Brussels-bases portal Euractiv reports.

On Tuesday, over 700 members of the Green party threatened to rebel against their own party in an open letter directed at Green Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck and Baerbock. 

In the letter, the members stated that they were ”concerned” and “shocked” over the willingness of their party to agree to such a reform. Additionally, 24 Green and Social Democrat (SPD) members of the Bundestag openly criticized introducing the rapid asylum procedure at the European border.  “It is apparent that this creates the risk of larger camps at the borders, which have difficult human rights standards,” Hakan Demir, SPD MP and one of the letter’s signatories told Euractive.

Cover photo: Migrants rescued from the sea arrive on a fishing boat in the port of Catania, Italy (Photo: Getty Images/Fabrizio Villa/Stringer)