5 European Nations Follow U.S. with Plans for Third-Country Deportations as EU Approves Migrant "Return Hubs"
- 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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5 European nations follow U.S. with plans for third-country deportations as EU approves migrant "return hubs"
Five European countries are moving ahead with plans to send rejected asylum applicants to "return hubs" in countries outside the bloc under new EU rules.
EU gives green light and money: Five EU countries are already planning camps and negotiating with several states. Austria is at the forefront.
The EU interior ministers have adopted the Return Regulation, which also allows the establishment of deportation centres in third countries. Only Spain voted against at the meeting in Luxembourg.
The European Union has given a definitive green light to its new Returns Regulation to speed up expulsions and allow deportation centres in third countries. Of the 27 countries, Spain has been the only country to vote against.
Meeting in Luxembourg on 1 October, the EU Home Ministers formally validated the new European Regulation on expulsions, which opens the door to the development of "return platforms" in third countries.
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PentapostagmaInterior ministers agree on new common rules supplementing the Migration and Asylum Pact and providing for common return procedures
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