It helps promote legal immigration | Media Pyro

European Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Ylva Johansson said that returning migrants quickly to their country of origin from European countries would help promote illegal immigration.

“It is important to quickly return to the country of origin – Bangladesh – to show that this is not the way to come to European countries,” he told the media while responding to one question. .

The EU Commissioner for Bangladesh Charles Whiteley accompanied the interview yesterday.

Johansson, Sweden’s former minister for employment and inclusion, said it was important to say that illegal immigration cannot be stopped without better opportunities through legal means.

“My main point of discussion on the visit is to deepen the cooperation between Bangladesh and the European Union when it comes to migration. We have different areas to work on,” he said.

Johansson said that Europe is an aging society and the future as many Bangladeshis want to go to Europe to work.

“But we have to manage it in the best possible way so that it doesn’t arrive through dangerous routes like Libya and the Mediterranean,” he said.

When asked about the issues he discussed with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Johansson spoke about the migration situation, the remarkable development in Bangladesh, climate change and the challenges for countries like Bangladesh and the situation of Ukraine.

“It was a very warm and pleasant conversation with your Prime Minister. It was a great time to spend time with a very strong and powerful woman politician,” he said, “I must say that it was very exciting to talk to her .”

Asked if politics were discussed, the commissioner said, “No, we did not discuss the internal political situation in Bangladesh.”

In response to a question about human trafficking, Johansson said that cooperation with the police is necessary.

Because of the situation in Bangladesh, it is more difficult because it is a long way, he said, adding that information about the risks and ways to go to Europe legally and information about returning if try to go wrong and help people to do it. the right decision.