EU Talks Deportations as Five Nations Seek Migrant Centre in Africa
- On Thursday, European Union ministers gather in Luxembourg to advance plans for "return hubs" outside the bloc, with Rwanda emerging as a potential partner for rejected asylum seekers.
- A coalition of five nations—Denmark, Austria, Greece, Germany, and the Netherlands—is exploring these centers to manage migration amid rising anti-immigration sentiment across the bloc.
- The "group of five" will finance the project entirely on its own, with these "return hubs" serving as transit stations for individuals whose asylum applications were legally rejected.
- Critics, including Dutch lawmakers Anna Strolenberg and Tineke Strik, warn the centers could become "legal black holes" lacking oversight, while human rights groups fear detainees could face refoulement to unsafe home countries.
- Greece aims to open its first center by 2027, though past initiatives like the British "Rwanda Model" faced severe legal challenges and were ultimately halted by courts, casting doubt on viability.
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European Union member states on Thursday finally approved a tightening of EU migration policy, including the possibility of setting up return centers in so-called third countries for migrants who are staying in the union illegally. The EU Council, which represents the member states, announced this.
The interior ministers of the European Union (EU) will meet in Luxembourg on Thursday to discuss ways to speed up the deportation of migrants who have not been granted asylum.
Die Presse
The meeting on Thursday in Brussels will be devoted to the fight against illegal migration, and the Council will give the final green light to the controversial EU repatriation regulation.
Reformatorisch Dagblad
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt expects to reach an agreement later this year on the establishment of a return centre for rejected asylum seekers in a country outside the EU. He said this before the start of talks with EU migration ministers. Germany is partnering with the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, and Greece in this effort. He did not say with which countries talks are being held.
EU MINISTERS are discussing the implementation of the migration pact in Luxembourg.
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