{"id":37698,"date":"2016-04-18T11:29:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T09:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonnenseite.com\/politics\/eu-hotspots-spread-fear-and-doubt.html"},"modified":"2016-04-18T11:29:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T09:29:24","slug":"eu-hotspots-spread-fear-and-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonnenseite.com\/en\/politics\/eu-hotspots-spread-fear-and-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"EU \u201chotspots\u201d spread fear and doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"

One year on, the EU response to a Mediterranean tragedy leaves vulnerable people in legal limbo.<\/p>\n

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On 18 April 2015, a shipwreck in the Central Mediterranean caused the deaths of an estimated 800 people seeking to reach Italy. The EU responded to the tragedy by calling the first of many emergency summits and speeding up the issuance of the EU Agenda on Migration. A package of measures, meant to increase Europe’s border security and decrease the number of people seeking safety in the EU, included a “hotspot” approach intended to expedite processing of asylum claims and swifter returns of those rejected. <\/p>\n

One year on from the Lampedusa tragedy that claimed so many lives, EU member states have collectively failed to find a comprehensive solution to managing migration that puts human lives first. The hotspots approach is a band-aid over a failed system that leaves a disproportionate burden on national systems of a few member states, and leaves grave concerns about respect for the rights of the people who pass through this system and those left in limbo on the other side. <\/p>\n

The EU must urgently re-think its collective treatment of people arriving at Europe’s borders and ensure that every human being, no matter their status, enjoys the basic respect of their rights and fundamental dignity. <\/p>\n

Oxfam calls for the EU and the Italian government:<\/strong><\/p>\n