Denmark wants to send in 2027 to a return center outside the European Union the first group of about 100 foreigners without the right of residence. The migration minister Morten Bødskov announced a plan on September 4. This is an effort to regain control of the ineffective return system, although the partner and location of the centre are inactive unknown.
First transport planned for 2027
The Copenhagen government assumes that by the end of 2027 it will be ready to decision the first foreigners to a return centre in a country outside the European Union. According to information provided by the Minister of Migration and Integration, Morten Bødskov's first group can have about 100 people. It is about people who do not have a legal right to reside in Denmark, including those who have rejected an asylum application.
That discrimination matters. Denmark does not announce the collective removal of foreigners or the replacement of the asylum procedure by a political decision. The mechanics is intended to cover those to whom a decision on the deficiency of a right of residence has been taken. The State remains liable for the legality and respect of human dignity.
Bødskov speaks of an advanced phase of talks, but did not give the name of the partner country. Without a signed contract, a prepared infrastructure and a national legal basis, the deadline remains a political commitment alternatively than a implemented plan. However, the direction itself is clear: the refusal to stay will again mean a real work to leave.
Five countries set common rules
Denmark cooperates with Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Greece. Ministers of this group met on 4 September in Copenhagen. They agreed that the centres were to limit illegal migration, operate in accordance with EU and global law and be created on the basis of partnership agreements with non-EU countries.
Countries now want to send missions to possible partners to measure local standards and conditions of cooperation. They besides established a common legal timetable. This confirms that there is not yet a ready-made facility or a designated location. There is, however, a political will that the European elite lacked over the years.
Danish migration policy has long been moving towards greater control. late Copenhagen limited automatic protection for parts of Ukrainian citizens. The current task concerns a different group and a different legal basis, but follows the same principle: the State has the right to enforce its own residence decisions.
Law without execution is simply a fiction
Return centers will not solve the full migration problem. However, they may cut through a mechanics in which valid refusal to stay remains on paper and illegal residence continues. specified a strategy rewards those who ignore the state's decision, weakens citizens' assurance and fuels smugglers' business.
Critics inform against the hazard of human rights violations and the emergence of places beyond effective control. These reservations must not be disposed of. Contracts must specify responsibility, supervision, standard of accommodation and the appeal route. Humanitarianism cannot, however, mean helplessness towards those who have exhausted the legal procedure.
The dispute over akin solutions is already ongoing in Europe. Italy has previously rejected the EU model return order, defending their own way of conducting migration policy. The example of Denmark shows that countries can search cooperation without giving the full initiative to the Brussels administration.
Lesson for Poland
For Poland the stake is direct. Effective border protection requires checks on entry and enforcement of decisions against persons who are not entitled to stay. If return exists only in an authoritative document, the State loses credibility and the costs are borne by taxpayers and local communities.
Warsaw should carefully measure the Danish model in terms of legality, costs and effectiveness. There is no reason to copy the solution before showing the results. There is, however, a reason to adopt the basic rule of Copenhagen: migration policy is to service the safety of citizens and to stay under real State control.
Source: Bankier.pl, Danish Ministry of Immigration and Integration, Associated Press
Source: Bankier.pl
