US EditionEU Countries Agree Positions on New Asylum, Migrant Returns Policy
The EU aims to speed asylum decisions with a 2026 solidarity pool for burden sharing and a single list of safe countries including Bangladesh and Morocco.
- EU member states agreed negotiating positions on new asylum and migrant return rules that could reshape arrivals, and those positions now move to negotiations with the European Parliament.
- The package aims to speed asylum decisions and curb irregular journeys as ministers of EU member states say pressure on the system prompted the reforms.
- The deal includes the bloc's first single list of safe countries, provisionally naming Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco, Tunisia, Kosovo, and a 2026 'solidarity pool' with targets of 21,000 relocations and 420 million euros.
- The package introduces tougher deportation measures and detention provisions, allowing national authorities of member states to detain or imprison migrants who refuse cooperation and establish return hubs, including outside the EU.
- Human rights groups warn the measures mark a harsher, security-focused shift, while critics say wealthier EU states can pay to avoid hosting refugees, and the legislative timeline could be finalised within months.
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