EU dangles visa threat over countries refusing to take back migrants

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 28, 2023 12:02 am

Stockholm, Sweden: EU interior ministers reached 'consensus' Thursday (Friday in Manila) to warn outside countries refusing to take back irregular migrants they risked tighter visa restrictions to Europe, Sweden's migration minister said.

The ministers agreed that the tool, in place since 2020, 'should be fully used' to boost the number of migrants whose asylum applications failed to return to their home countries, the minister, Maria Malmer Stenegard, told a news conference.

Sweden’s Minister for Migration Maria Malmer Stenergard, Lithuania's Deputy Interior Minister Arnoldas Abramavicius (center), and Sweden’s Minister for Justice Gunnar Strommer pose as they arrive for the first informal ministerial meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on Jan. 26, 2023, during the Swedish EU Presidency. The agenda includes EU migration policy, the fight against organized crime, and Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. AFP PHOTO

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