Leaked EU paper envisions dumping migrant sea rescues onto non-European states
29 January 2026
EUobserver, 29 January 2026.
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The EU has been mulling sending people rescued in the Mediterranean directly to coastal states outside of Europe, according to an internal EU document.
Leaked to EUobserver on Thursday (29 January) by the London-based watchdog Statewatch, the paper proposes creating a “place-of-safety arrangement” that would effectively offshore responsibility for rescued migrants.
The ideas were floated by the Danish EU presidency in a paper dated 7 November and discussed internally at the Council, representing member states.
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