Pro Asyl Expert Criticizes New EU Asylum Rules as 'Perfidious'

In June 2024, the new regulations of the Common European Asylum System (GEAS) came into force, introducing detention camps where people can be held for up to six months without a court order. Human rights organizations warn of fundamental rights violations and sharply criticize the laws. Additionally, the EU Parliament passed the so-called Return Regulation, allowing deportations to countries with no connection to the individual. The conservative EPP group collaborated with far-right parties to pass the law, after which MEPs chanted racist slogans in the Parliament. Wiebke Judith, legal policy spokesperson for Pro Asyl, explains the far-reaching consequences for refugees, calling the argument that they should simply go home 'quite perfidious.'