EU to take harder line with migrants, asylum-seekers

European Union set to open deportation hubs for illegal migrants in Africa

The European Union is set to open "return hubs" in Africa where rejected asylum seekers can be held.It followed the bloc backing sweeping new deportation powers last Thursday, with MEPs voting 389 to 206 in favour of the Return Regulation.Following the vote, German interior minister Alexander Dobrindt said the EU would aim to swiftly enact the policy. "We aim to have reached agreements with third countries by the end of this year to take the nex…

EU to take harder line with migrants, asylum-seekers

BRUSSELS — The European Union is expanding its powers to track, raid and deport migrants to “return hubs” in third countries in Africa and elsewhere, quietly adopting tactics of the Trump administration that have drawn public criticism across the 27-nation bloc. Read more...

EU 'grows teeth' as 'deportation toolkit' launched in migrant crackdown

Despite criticising Donald Trump's migrant crackdown, Brussels has announced similar tactics.