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From Concertinas to Return Centers: How Europe Has Tightened Its Migration Policy over the Last Decade

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A little over ten years ago, the European Commission asked Spain to look for "alternative" concertinas in the fences of Ceuta and Melilla and warned that border surveillance should be "proportioned and respect fundamental rights." Today, the EU debates on centres for the return of migrants in third countries and opens the door to strengthening its external borders with more "physical, technological and human" means.

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Lean Right

For the implementation of deportation centres, "a clear mandate to the Commission" is needed, writes the head of the European People's Party Manfred Weber in a guest contribution in the "FAZ".

·Vienna, Austria
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A little over ten years ago, the European Commission asked Spain to look for "alternative" concertinas in the fences of Ceuta and Melilla and warned that border surveillance should be "proportioned and respect fundamental rights." Today, the EU debates on centres for the return of migrants in third countries and opens the door to strengthening its external borders with more "physical, technological and human" means.

·Madrid, Spain
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Ceuta has been a tough test for Europe. It has been shown that close cooperation with neighbouring countries can work. From this we have to draw the right conclusions, the EPP chairman Manfred Weber demands.

·Frankfurt, Germany
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From Concertinas to Return Centers: How Europe has tightened its migration policy in the last decade

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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A little over ten years ago, the European Commission asked Spain to look for "alternative" concertinas...

·Spain
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In 2015, the European Commission asked Spain to seek "alternatives" for concertinas in the fences of Ceuta and Melilla and warned that border surveillance should be "proportional and respect fundamental rights".

·Portugal
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europapress.es broke the news in Spain on Sunday, August 9, 2026.
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