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PICUM denounces harms in EU Migration Pact
Platform for Undocumented migrants (PICUM), has joined other leading human rights orgs in denouncing the harms in the new EU Migration Pact.
PICUM said: “The #MigrationPact negotiations are over. As EU leaders are about to sell this as a “historic” reform of the migration system in Europe, we join other leading human rights orgs in denouncing its harms.
“What this Pact will mean for people in practice:
“Any person coming to Europe will likely be detained in border facilities, no exceptions: from babies to children, teens and adults.
“People won’t have any effective legal representation while they undergo procedures at borders. People who appeal their deportation order can be deported while waiting for a decision on their case.
“Inside the EU, anyone who looks “foreign” can be stopped and sent to a detention centre for further identification checks.
Member states will be able to derogate from key safeguards when they claim a third country is pushing people to their borders.”