At French Outpost in African Migrant Hub, Asylum for a Select Few
- 6 years ago
At French Outpost in African Migrant Hub, Asylum for a Select Few
The French mission was "positive," he said, "but it’s too late
and too small." It is also the flip side of a fast-toughening stance by France against migrants, as President Emmanuel Macron began his push this month for what critics say is a draconian new law aimed at sending many of those who have already arrived back home.
Even if some of Europe’s new methods are questionable, the results have been evident: Last year, for the first time since the crisis began several
years ago, the migration flow was reversed, according to Giuseppe Loprete, head of the United Nations migration agency office in Niger.
Pascal Brice said that The idea is to protect people who might have a right to asylum,
If the French answer is yes to asylum, they are given plane tickets to France and spared the risky journey through the desert and on the deadly boats across the Mediterranean
that have brought millions of desperate migrants to Europe in recent years, transforming its politics and societies.
Mariam told that I never tell them where I am.
Meager as it is, however, the French effort has already helped shift the process of sifting some asylum claims to Africa
and out of Europe, where many of those who are denied asylum tend to stay illegally.
The French mission was "positive," he said, "but it’s too late
and too small." It is also the flip side of a fast-toughening stance by France against migrants, as President Emmanuel Macron began his push this month for what critics say is a draconian new law aimed at sending many of those who have already arrived back home.
Even if some of Europe’s new methods are questionable, the results have been evident: Last year, for the first time since the crisis began several
years ago, the migration flow was reversed, according to Giuseppe Loprete, head of the United Nations migration agency office in Niger.
Pascal Brice said that The idea is to protect people who might have a right to asylum,
If the French answer is yes to asylum, they are given plane tickets to France and spared the risky journey through the desert and on the deadly boats across the Mediterranean
that have brought millions of desperate migrants to Europe in recent years, transforming its politics and societies.
Mariam told that I never tell them where I am.
Meager as it is, however, the French effort has already helped shift the process of sifting some asylum claims to Africa
and out of Europe, where many of those who are denied asylum tend to stay illegally.