EPP backs suspension of asylum rights in response to ‘hybrid attacks’

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The European People’s Party supports suspending individual asylum assessments in cases where third countries use migration to stage alleged hybrid attacks against an EU border. The controversial proposal would permit migrants to be returned without case-by-case review and is expected to face political opposition.

The European People’s Party wants to allow migrants to be returned without their asylum claims being individually assessed in cases of “hybrid attacks” by third countries targeting an EU border, a controversial proposal likely to trigger political opposition.