Takeover request: EU states solely take again a fraction of migrants – “Reject them at German borders” | EUROtoday

According to a report, in 2024 a number of EU states solely took again a fraction of the migrants from Germany for whom they had been really accountable. As the “Bild” newspaper (Monday version) reported, citing figures from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bamf), Italy, for instance, agreed to so-called takeover requests from Germany in 10,402 circumstances final yr – however solely three migrants had been really transferred from Germany to Italy .

According to the Bamf figures quoted by “Bild”, different EU states solely took again a fraction of the migrants for whom they had been really accountable final yr. Accordingly, Germany submitted 15,453 takeover requests to Greece, solely 219 had been accepted – and solely 22 migrants had been really transferred from Germany to Greece.

Of the 8,090 takeover requests submitted by Germany to Bulgaria, 3,297 had been accepted, however solely 290 folks had been deported. Germany submitted 14,068 takeover requests to Croatia, 12,932 requests had been permitted by Croatia, and 533 migrants had been really transferred.

With a takeover request, a European nation requests one other state to take again an asylum seeker for which it’s accountable below the principles of the Dublin Agreement. The Dublin Agreement on the dealing with of asylum seekers within the EU and different European nations stipulates that refugees should typically submit their asylum utility within the nation by which they first set foot on European soil.

In view of the figures, CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann known as for a “change in migration policy” in “Bild”. The Bamf numbers communicate for themselves, mentioned Linnemann and added: “We have to stop illegal migration to Germany and turn it back at the German borders.”