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Moldova rejects plan for migrant camps in aspiring EU countries [1]
['Bruno Waterfield', 'Adam Sage', 'Oliver Moody']
Date: 2024-10
Moldova is leading a backlash against plans for countries that have applied for EU membership to host migrant deportation camps.
A plan to set up “return hubs” in so-called candidate countries, which are holding talks to join the EU, was floated during internal diplomatic talks between European governments last week.
President Sandu of Moldova is contending with a Russian-backed disinformation campaign before a presidential election and a referendum on EU membership in ten days.
Sandu, right, with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission. Moldova has started accession negotiations with the EU DUMITRU DORU/EPA
Briefings in Brussels that candidate countries could be the location for return camps have been seized on by anti-western campaigners, who claim that the EU will force Moldova to take its unwanted migrants.
“A new fabrication has surfaced claiming that Moldova is set to host a centre for rejected asylum seekers subject to deportation procedures,” said Daniel Voda, a spokesman for the government. “Let it be clear: the government is not discussing such a proposal and will not accept such ideas.”
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