Asylum centres, fast-track procedures, deportations to third countries – the EU has agreed on rigorous treatment of refugees. Why Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser sees this as a success.
In all its sterility, the European Convention Center on Luxembourg’s Kirchberg is not necessarily a place where you want to spend the witching hour. In this respect, it almost sounded like a threat when Swedish Migration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard called out to her colleagues early on Thursday evening: “If necessary, I have all night.” Stenergard moderated the session because Sweden currently holds the presidency and therefore set the agenda.