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Nineteen EU countries seek EU funding and legal frameworks to establish return hubs outside the bloc to better manage failed asylum seekers and migration control.
- On Wednesday, about 17 EU countries sent a joint letter asking Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner and EU High Representative Kaja Kallas to develop a clear funding framework for return hubs.
- This month, capitals sought to scale pilots into funded programmes after interior ministers from the 27-member bloc approved return hubs and the Commission's proposed new return rules.
- They pointed explicitly to NDICI‑Global Europe as a funding instrument, stressed legal consistency with development objectives, and invited EU agencies and the European Commission to support and propose legislative changes.
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19 EU countries call on EU to fund 'return hubs'
After the European Union significantly tightened its immigration policy earlier this month, 19 EU countries on Wednesday urged the European Commission to finance "return hubs" outside the bloc for failed asylum-seekers.
A number of EEA/EU countries have agreed to establish a common legal basis for asylum and exit centres in third countries outside Europe. Now 19 countries want the EU Commission to ensure that the funding can be done through EU funds. But Norway is not among these 19. This can be seen as a Christmas present - for the future of Europe.
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Nineteen EU member states, including Greece, have urged the European Commission to adopt an even harsher anti-immigration stance by providing financial and diplomatic support for the creation of refugee detention centers outside the EU. In a letter to the Commission, they describe these facilities as "innovative solutions", claiming that "important steps are being taken to strengthen EU asylum and migration legislation, which provides for innova…
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