EU Invents Exciting New Locations to Send Asylum Seekers: Anywhere But Here
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The EU votes to create offshore migrant processing centers and a 'safe third countries' list that includes places like Tunisia (where opposition is jailed for 66 years) and forces migrants into deserts to die. The logic: protection can be provided anywhere... just not in Europe.
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MEPs voted for legal changes allowing deportation of asylum seekers to countries they've never been to. Italy's deal with Albania and Dutch arrangements with Uganda are now EU-sanctioned. Tunisia, where President Saïed has jailed opposition for 66 years and forces migrants to die in deserts, is listed as 'safe.' 380 people drowned last month. Supporters say it 'undermines people smugglers.'
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