The EU intends to consider artificial migration flows as a security threat

The European Union intends to consider artificially organized migration flows not only as a migration problem, but also as a security threat, said European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner following the meeting of EU ministers in Luxembourg.

“When movements of people are organized artificially and used against us as a weapon, it is no longer just a matter of migration. It is a matter of security, and the protection of the external border is an existential responsibility of any state and of us as a Union,” said Brunner.

At the meeting, a number of EU countries supported the creation of a pan-European mechanism that would allow temporary suspension of asylum procedures in the event of sudden migration crises or in the case of so-called hybrid threats. According to sources, this idea was initially proposed by Greece, and was subsequently supported, in particular, by Poland, Germany, Austria and Denmark.

The European Commission is considering two options for a new emergency mechanism: the adoption of separate EU legislation or the issuance of general recommendations that would allow national governments to take emergency measures on their own. According to sources, the EC is currently leaning towards the second option. The final political decision on further action must be taken by EU leaders at a summit in two weeks.