Olivia Rosane is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
The European Union reached an agreement Wednesday on new rules to manage migration and asylum cases that the Left party in the European Parliament called the 'death of the individual right to asylum in Europe' and a 'bow to right-wing extremists and fascists.
'Instead of prioritizing solidarity through relocations and strengthening protection systems, states will be able to simply pay to strengthen external borders, or fund countries outside the E.U. to prevent people from reaching Europe,' Geddie said. 'The E.U. now risks sleepwalking into a system in even greater need of reform than the current one.' Left Member of European Parliament Cornelia Ernst of Germany said the option to send funds for border surveillance within the E.U.
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