Heléne Fritzon (S): “Don’t want to give people hope that doesn’t exist”

The goal of the EU’s new migration pact is to make it faster to distinguish between those who have grounds for asylum and those who do not. Part of the process will be that people who come from countries that rarely receive asylum in the EU will be placed in fenced reception centers for the duration of the trial.

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– To know that those we bring into Europe have protection reasons, says the Social Democrats’ top candidate in the EU elections, Heléne Fritzon.

Several human rights organizations criticize the migration pact and say that it builds walls and makes it more difficult for people to escape and come to the EU.

– The migration pact is not perfect, but it is a tremendous success that the EU has jointly decided on a strict migration policy where we create order and order, Heléne Fritzon responds to the criticism.

She emphasizes that previous systems have not worked well enough. Placing people in reception centers is necessary so that people without valid asylum reasons cannot stay in Europe, says the politician.

“Want to avoid putting lives at risk in the Mediterranean”

Another controversial issue within the EU’s migration policy concerns the agreements that the Union has with several authoritarian states, for example in North Africa. In short, the Union is sending billions of dollars for the countries themselves to stop migrants from reaching Europe.

Fritzon believes that the agreements fulfill a function as “you don’t want to give people hope that doesn’t exist”.

– You want to avoid people going out in smuggling boats and risking their lives in the Mediterranean, when there are no obvious reasons for asylum, she says.