For now, suspending the right to asylum in the European Union is still only under consideration.

But the prospect is already setting off alarm bells among some left-wing politicians and those on the front lines of Europe’s asylum system, who fear that suspending a fundamental right of the EU would be both unprecedented and dangerous.

Earlier this month, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed in her State of the Union speech to introduce an emergency framework that could pave the way for the suspension of the right to asylum, a controversial measure that some capitals have already endorsed.

The proposed framework is a response to the…

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