US EditionEU tightens migration rules with plan for offshore ‘return hubs’
EU ministers agreed on return hubs, faster deportations, and a solidarity pool to relocate or fund support for at least 30,000 asylum seekers annually.
- European Union officials are finalizing a major overhaul of their migration system, which includes streamlined deportations and increased detentions.
- The new policy allows EU nations to deny residency and deport migrants from safe countries, as explained by Danish Minister Rasmus Stoklund.
- A solidarity pool will collect 430 million euros to support countries facing higher migratory pressure, including Cyprus, Greece, Italy, and Spain.
- Human rights groups warn that the EU's changes may lead to more suffering, according to Silvia Carta from the Brussels-based Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants.
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EU States Agree Position on New Illegal Immigration Rules
On Dec. 8, European Union countries agreed on their positions on an EU law designed to simplify and accelerate the return of third-country nationals who have no legal right to remain in the bloc, the Council of the European Union announced. The Council said that EU governments had reached a political agreement that allows it to begin negotiations with the European Parliament to finalize the law. The proposal complements the EU’s Pact on Migratio…
European Union interior ministers supported tightening migration policy.
According to the will of the EU Commission and interior ministers, people without a residence permit should in future be effectively interned in so-called return hubs – despite legal concerns.
Under the impetus of the right and the far right, the Twenty-Seven have validated a major tightening of their migration policy, paving the way for detention centres outside the EU and removals.
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