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🧵 On 28 March, the European Parliament will vote on key files of the EU #MigrationPact. The unofficial agreements between parties that we’ve seen can be summed up in: more detention, quicker deportations. A little thread to understand what this would mean 👇 
Children above 12 could be detained at borders in some circumstances. Despite the internationally recognised definition of children being every person until the age of 18, the compromises would validate a new line in the middle of adolescence.
People would be automatically detained while waiting for their deportation, if they were already detained in asylum border procedures or if they try to avoid deportation.
People who are not supposed to be detained will in practice be held in border facilities, which would still amount to detention. We denounced the fiction of detaining people without calling it detention here picum.org/wp-content/upl…
People in border procedures won't be formally “authorised to enter the Member State’s territory”, despite already being physically present on the territory. This means they can then be deported with even lower safeguards.
People will only have 7 working days to appeal in border procedures, and they could be deported while waiting for the outcome of their appeal – which is against CJEU jurisprudence.
Solidarity isn't defined by member states sharing responsibility in welcoming people, but includes member states working with third countries to externalise border management and prevent people from coming to Europe.
We deserve better, we need a new #migration system that puts people at the centre and lets them come and work in Europe safely.
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