EU reaches deal on 'return hubs' for rejected asylum-seekers
- 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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Parliament and Member States agree on a new regulation for forced "returns", which could be enforced by all EU countries.
EU countries will be able to set up return centres outside the EU in the future. Human rights organisations have criticised the agreement.
The European Parliament, the EU Member States, and the European Commission have reached an agreement on the return scheme for rejected asylum seekers. Previously, the three could not agree on exactly when the scheme would come into force. They have now reached a provisional agreement on a compromise regarding this.
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After weeks of negotiations, the European Parliament, the EU Council and the Commission reached political agreement on the return regulation. The new rules will impose obligations of cooperation with the authorities to third-country nationals who do not have the right to stay in the Member States, the single EU-level route sheet as well as the possibility of creating hubs for return outside the borders of the Union. The understanding, however, m…
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