Början på ett mediakrig om mångkulturen?

Spontant går han sedan in på en av den svenska valrörelsens stora frågor, flyktingmottagandet.

Han konstaterar att det kommit många flyktingar från Mellanöstern till Europa och tycker att det är bra att länder som Sverige och Tyskland tar emot dem.

– Dessa människor, som är i en desperat situation, ge dem skydd, uppmanar han.

Men samtidigt är han av åsikten att flyktingar när det en dag blir möjligt ska återvända till sina gamla hemländer.

– De ska inte bli kvar permanent i Tyskland eller Sverige. Så småningom ska de återvända till sina hemländer och återuppbygga dem.

Dalai lama hävdar att Europa är för européerna

På onsdagens presskonferens framhåll Dalai lama att flyktingar i Europa i slutändan måste flytta tillbaka till sina hemländer. Är hans fyrkantiga syn på identitet ett resultat av att han har varit flykting i snart 60 år, undrar Rakel Chukri.

Juncker announced that the European Commission was today releasing a package of proposals on migration including on strengthening the European Border and Coast Guard, further developing the European Asylum Agency, and accelerating returns of irregular migrants. He also stressed the need to open legal pathways to the EU and announced that the Commission was proposing a new Alliance for Sustainable Investment and Jobs between Europe and Africa. EU nations and the European Parliament have yet to endorse the proposals.

A stronger and more effective European return policy

* A targeted review of the Return Directive will contribute to speeding up return procedures, better prevent absconding and irregular secondary movements and increase effective returns in full respect of fundamental rights.

* A new border procedure: Persons whose asylum applications have been rejected during border procedures will be channelled directly towards a simplified return procedure, with no period for voluntary departure and shorter time limits for appeals. This will ensure that return decisions can be quickly adopted and fully enforced at the border and in controlled centres;

* Clear procedures and rules to prevent abuses: To avoid delays, return decisions will have to be issued immediately after or together with a decision ending the legal stay. Common timelines of a maximum of 5 days will apply for appeals to return decisions in the case of rejected asylum seekers and an obligation to cooperate for persons subject to a return procedure will be introduced, including on identity verification and to obtain travel documents;

* Efficient voluntary returns: To promote voluntary returns and enhance financial and practical support, Member States will have to set up voluntary return programmes. At the same time, Member States will be able to shorten the period granted for voluntary return, for example to prevent absconding;

* Clear rules on detention: Common criteria to determine the risk of absconding, one of the determining factors for whether detention would be justified, will help ensure a more efficient use of detention during return procedures in full respect of fundamental rights. To better reflect the period of time needed to successfully carry out returns, and provided the conditions for the need to make use of detention are met, Member States should allow for an initial detention period of not less than 3 months. In addition, Member States will now also be able to detain persons subject to a return decision who pose a threat to public order or national security.

Enhancing legal pathways to Europe

Developing orderly legal pathways for persons in need of protection as well as creating attractive channels for needs-based labour migration is an indispensable element for a balanced and comprehensive migration policy. The Commission has already put forward a number of initiatives and proposals to strengthen safe and legal migration which should now be swiftly implemented by Member States:

* New EU Blue Card: The Council should agree on the new EU Blue card scheme proposed by the Commission already in 2016 to attract highly-skilled workers to the EU and improve the competitiveness of the EU economy;

* Resettlement: Member States must step up delivery on their commitment to resettle 50,000 persons in need of international protection by October 2019. To ensure fully coordinated efforts in the long term, an agreement should be found on the Commission proposal from 2016 for a Union Resettlement Framework;

* Strengthen cooperation with non-EU countries including by launching pilot projects on legal migration with key African countries by the end of 2018 that can help improve cooperation on overall migration management.

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said Wednesday that "Europe belongs to the Europeans" and that refugees should return to their native countries to rebuild them.

Speaking at a conference in Sweden's third-largest city of Malmo, home to a large immigrant population, the Dalai Lama -- who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 -- said Europe was "morally responsible" for helping "a refugee really facing danger against their life".

"Receive them, help them, educate them... but ultimately they should develop their own country," said the 83-year-old Tibetan who fled the capital Lhasa in fear of his life after China poured troops into the region to crush an uprising.

"I think Europe belongs to the Europeans," he said, adding they should make clear to refugees that "they ultimately should rebuild their own country".