On Tuesday 29 October, the German Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer, expressed the wish, within the framework of the Munich G6, which brought together the Italian, French, Polish, Spanish and British Ministers of the Interior, that the new rules of the system known as the Dublin system, which governs the Member States' responsibilities in the field of asylum, should be ready by July 2020 or, at least, that they be seriously on the table.
This is when the German Presidency of the Council of the EU will begin. He also found that the current system had "failed".
EU Member States have been struggling for years to reform the Dublin Regulation, but they are not making decisive progress. "So we need a new philosophy", said the Minister. According to the German news agency DPA, the Minister proposes a first examination of asylum applications at the EU's external borders and allow only those who can really have international protection to enter. Frontex would have a stronger role in returning all those who are not eligible for asylum.
For those who can be accommodated, a system of "flexible solidarity" would be established with countries that can, if they so wish, accommodate these asylum seekers or contribute in some other way, if they do not wish to accommodate them - for example, by providing more staff to Frontex. (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)