Comment by kergonath

It’s not "the EU" disappearing people in unmarked vans. It is not perfect, but it follows procedures and protocols to a fault.

The EU is also not a monolith, it’s different entities with not perfectly aligned interests, some of which representing member states, some of which citizens, again with significant divergence of opinion. The court of justice frequently finds against member states governments, for example.

TL;DR: "the EU" does not want things. Different participants want different things and what happens in the end is the result of a consensus building process.