European Parliament member states agree on tougher EU migration framework
The plan would let member states send rejected asylum seekers to third-country centres and impose longer detention and tougher penalties, officials said.
- On Monday, European Union lawmakers and member-state negotiators reached a provisional deal allowing 'return hubs' in third countries to accelerate deportations of irregular migrants ordered to leave the bloc.
- Driven by political pressure and the need to improve a system where only around 28% of migrants ordered to leave currently depart, Brussels sought tougher measures to bring order to the bloc.
- New regulations extend maximum legal detention from six months to two years, authorize home searches compared by critics to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, and increase entry bans to ten years.
- Rights groups including the International Rescue Committee warned the deal creates a 'draconian detention and deportation system,' citing failures of similar offshore models like the UK-Rwanda plan that cost €830 million.
- The reform awaits formal approval by the European Parliament and member states before entering into force, with most measures applying immediately and others taking effect 12 months later to allow regulatory preparation.
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The EU is intensifying its return policy: the Council and Parliament have agreed on new rules. More obligations are planned for people without the right of residence, return centres outside the EU and special security risk measures.
The Council, representing the governments of the European Union member states, and the European Parliament have reached an agreement on a regulation that will allow for faster procedures for the expulsion of persons staying illegally on Community territory, the Cyprus presidency of the Council announced on Monday.
The EU Parliament and the Member States have agreed to set up deportation centres in third countries, according to the Cypriot Presidency of the EU Council. In the so-called "return hubs" outside the European Union, rejected asylum seekers are to be accommodated who cannot be returned to their countries of origin.
The EU is facing a tightening of its asylum policy. In addition to tougher rules, rejected applicants should also be able to be brought to third countries. Partner states for the legally controversial project are hardly yet available. By Kathrin Schmid.
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