Europe Returns 33,000 Migrants in First Half of 2026
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Most voluntary returns were proposed only when the legal paths of stay in the EU are "exhausted". Germany, France, Cyprus, Belgium and Sweden registered a higher number of supported returns.
In the first half of the year, member states returned around 33,000 people with no right to stay to countries outside the EU, three thousand more than in the same period last year, with the help of the EU border and coast guard agency, Frontex.
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The EU border guard agency Frontex has supported EU member states in the first six months of this year with the return of more than 33,000 rejected asylum seekers to countries outside the European Union. In the same period last year, the figure was approximately 30,000 people. Frontex announced this on Monday.
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, reported on Monday that it helped EU countries return more than 33,000 irregular migrants to their countries of origin during the first half of this year, compared to approximately 30,000 during the same period in 2025. The agency explained that 21,000 of these returned voluntarily, compared to approximately 19,000 in... Read more
Europe returns 33,000 migrants to their countries within six months... Tunisia Presby... Europe returns 33,000 to their countries within six months.
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