European Commission Endorses Exporting Asylum Seekers

"more expansive or maximalist definitions link democracy to guarantees of civil liberties and human rights in addition to competitive elections."

How so? Parties pushing for asylum reform are becoming more popular?

This means an EU country could send an asylum seeker to a country halfway around the world, where she has never been, doesn’t speak the language, and has no cultural ties, family or community, and where prospects for a fair procedure and support for rebuilding her life could be in doubt. Under the new proposal, her appeal of the decision would no longer prevent her from being put on a plane before the appeal is considered.

a.k.a. The Rwanda Model

so much about democratic values