According to the newspaper Corriere della Sera, Austria has begun returning migrants to Italy based on the new European pact on migration and asylum, in effect since June 12, and claims to have already transferred four asylum seekers. The Austrian Interior Ministry reported that the transfers were made using public transport. "There is now the possibility for the authority to provide a train or bus ticket," says the text quoted by the LaPresse agency. Vienna has not reported how many people may be affected or whether the measure applies only to those who arrived after June 12.
These cases are part of the discussion about so-called "duplicants," migrants who arrive in one European Union country, then move to another state and request international protection there. Under the Dublin Treaty, reaffirmed by the new agreement, the examination of asylum applications falls to the country of first entry. This is why Austria, Germany, and Switzerland have resumed returning migrants to Italy.
For now, the displacements involve few people. Eurostat data indicates that Italy should take back more than 24 migrants who left the country after disembarking, and so far 85 have returned. The Meloni government maintains that readmissions only apply to those who left after June 12, an interpretation that other governments, especially the German one, do not accept.
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Read the original article in Italian at Corriere della Sera.
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