Germany and Austria push migrants towards Italy and Spain
Germany, Austria and Switzerland are returning migrants to Italy under the Dublin Regulation; Spain looms as the next destination. The new migration map dividing Europe.
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Northern Europe pushes migrants south: the Dublin bill Italy is paying (and Spain may pay next)
Italy first, then Spain? The news is not that Germany, Austria and Switzerland are enforcing the Dublin Regulation with a heavy hand. It is the direction of the flow: from the wealthy countries of the north towards the impoverished south of the eurozone. According to reports circulating, Germany and Austria have already begun deporting to Italy migrants who entered through that country; Switzerland has joined the manoeuvre. In bureaucratic jargon they are already known as "Dubliners", a nickname that sums up the cynicism of the European asylum system.
The logic is simple: the first country of entry examines the asylum application. Since Italy is on the external border, it bears the burden. Now that the north is applying returns in a chain, the pressure leaving Munich or Zurich lands on Italian ports. And from there, some analyses argue, the next destination will be Spain: the argument of the "pull effect" created by social benefits and bureaucratic ease. The irony is that the sharing of the migration burden, conceived as a solidarity mechanism, has turned into a game of billiards between countries. If the north pushes and the south receives, the final bill is not paid by a government: it is paid by the European asylum system, split in half.
Italy first, then Spain? The news is not that Germany, Austria and Switzerland are enforcing the Dublin Regulation with a heavy hand. It is the direction of the flow: from the wealthy countries of the north towards the impoverished south of the eurozone. According to reports circulating, Germany and Austria have already begun deporting to Italy migrants who entered through that country; Switzerland has joined the manoeuvre. In bureaucratic jargon they are already known as "Dubliners", a nickname that sums up the cynicism of the European asylum system.
The logic is simple: the first country of entry examines the asylum application. Since Italy is on the external border, it bears the burden. Now that the north is applying returns in a chain, the pressure leaving Munich or Zurich lands on Italian ports. And from there, some analyses argue, the next destination will be Spain: the argument of the "pull effect" created by social benefits and bureaucratic ease. The irony is that the sharing of the migration burden, conceived as a solidarity mechanism, has turned into a game of billiards between countries. If the north pushes and the south receives, the final bill is not paid by a government: it is paid by the European asylum system, split in half.
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