EU countries rule out bilateral asylum deals in blow to Priti Patel’s immigration plans May Bulman © Provided by The Independent
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The Home Office has said it intends to replace the Dublin Regulation, which allowed it to return asylum seekers to EU member states while Britain was part of the bloc, with “bilateral returns arrangements”.
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13.04.2021 - 15:01
Mynd: Kristinn Þeyr Magnússon / RÚV
A protest took place outside Alþingi yesterday against the planned deportation of applicants for international protection back to Greece.
RÚV TV reported on Friday that the Directorate of Immigration has deported nine people to Greece so far this year and that 25 more deportations to the country, under the guise of the Dublin Regulation, are planned in the coming months.
Asylum seekers and their supporters gathered at Hlemmur around 13.00 and walked with signs and banners to Alþingi.
They called for the Icelandic authorities to stop deporting asylum seekers to Greece. Organisers pointed to a decision earlier this year to postpone deportations to Greece because of the spread of COVID-19 there. The situation is worse today, they claim, and yet deportations are recommencing.