Declaration from the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES)
The European Commission has issued a consolidated list of “safe third countries of origin,” which will be ratified by the Council and the European Parliament, making it binding on all EU countries.
The creation of the “safe countries of origin” list is part of the policies of externalizing European migration policies, limiting asylum, facilitating and accelerating deportation and expulsion procedures, and becoming a political bargaining chip to whitewash undemocratic regimes to reward them (…)