But NGOs say that these hubs risk becoming lawless offshore detention centers. The lack of detail on where the hubs will be placed and who will monitor them \u201crisks leaving the door open to abuses of power, human rights violations, and even more disorder at Europe\u2019s borders,\u201d said Imogen Sudbery, executive director of the NGO International Rescue Committee Belgium.<\/p>\n
The planned reforms have divided the European Parliament, with the center-right European People\u2019s Party (EPP) securing the Parliament\u2019s negotiating position<\/a> ahead of the talks with the support of right-wing groups rather than its traditional centrist partners. There was further outrage when it was reported that right-wing groups had coordinated their stance in a WhatsApp group.<\/p>\n That has made the migration plan a lightning rod for fury about the EPP\u2019s willingness to forge majorities with parties on the right, which have long been kept out of European decision-making.<\/p>\n French Green MEP M\u00e9lissa Camara called on the Cypriot presidency of the Council, which is leading the talks, \u201cto come to its senses and not make the historic and unforgivable mistake of concluding a shameful agreement with the far-right political groups in the European Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n