The controversial EU asylum reform is set to clear the final hurdle on Tuesday. The reform, which will significantly tighten the current rules for migration to the European Union, is to be decided at a Council of Ministers in Brussels. Before that, the member states had fundamentally agreed on the controversial reform in December after a long debate with the European Parliament.
In the future, the member states will be required to have uniform procedures at the external borders so that it can be quickly determined whether asylum applications are unfounded and the refugees can then be deported more quickly and directly from the external border. After crossing the border, people arriving from countries that are considered safe should be taken to strictly controlled reception facilities under prison-like conditions. After acceptance by the Council of Ministers, the EU states have two years to implement the requirements.