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EU reaches deal on 'return hubs' for rejected asylum-seekers
The provisional agreement would let EU states send rejected asylum seekers to third countries and extend detention to 24 months.
- On Monday, European Union lawmakers and member-state negotiators reached a provisional deal allowing 'return hubs' in third countries to accelerate deportations of irregular migrants ordered to leave the bloc.
- Driven by political pressure and the need to improve a system where only around 28% of migrants ordered to leave currently depart, Brussels sought tougher measures to bring order to the bloc.
- New regulations extend maximum legal detention from six months to two years, authorize home searches compared by critics to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, and increase entry bans to ten years.
- Rights groups including the International Rescue Committee warned the deal creates a 'draconian detention and deportation system,' citing failures of similar offshore models like the UK-Rwanda plan that cost €830 million.
- The reform awaits formal approval by the European Parliament and member states before entering into force, with most measures applying immediately and others taking effect 12 months later to allow regulatory preparation.
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EU strikes deal to ramp up deportations
BRUSSELS -- The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and sign contentious deals to build detention centers abroad. Rights groups have criticized it, comparing the new regulations to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration policies.
Too many rejected asylum seekers have not been deported so far, and it is important and correct that the EU finally enforces applicable law.
·Berlin, Germany
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HR groups warn that, under this legislation, migrants face the risk of being abused while trying to escape poverty and violence.
REMIGRATION: European Union Agrees To New Immigration Policies That Will See Failed ‘Asylum Seekers’ Sent to ‘Return Hubs’ in Outside Countries – Liberal Establishment Is Outraged * The Gateway Pundit * by Paul Serran
‘Human rights groups’ only care for migrants, damned be the native populations.
·United States
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