FILE PHOTO: African migrants are transferred to a detention centre after being detained in Zawiya, northern Libya June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany and France want the European Union to weaken its human rights safeguards to allow for deportation of asylum seekers before their case is considered, according to their joint proposal on curbing immigration, seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
This option would only kick in at times of a "mass influx" of people to the bloc and comes as the EU is persistently making it harder for migrants and refugees alike to get in and be allowed to stay.
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