EU lays groundwork for building deportation centres in distant countries
The new regulation on deportations represents the first tangible result of the outsourcing trend that EU leaders endorsed last year.
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The new regulation on deportations represents the first tangible result of the outsourcing trend that EU leaders endorsed last year.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/11/eu-lays-groundwork-for-building-deportation-centres-in-distant-countries
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00:00This is a turning point in the EU's migration policy.
00:09The European Commission has introduced a regulation that will allow member states to deport rejected
00:14asylum seekers to Turk countries, even if they have never set foot in them, and detain
00:19them in return hubs.
00:25On the return hubs, we are creating the scope for member states, in a way, to explore new
00:34solutions for returning.
00:36Of course, only for people who have no right to stay in the European Union, we are creating
00:41the legal frame.
00:42We are not creating the content.
00:45In 2024, 20 percent of the persons who were ordered to leave the EU were sent back to
00:50their country of origin.
00:53This Austrian MEP welcomes a proposal that would speed up returns.
00:57This is outside the European Union, in third countries, which do respect, of course, human
01:03rights and all the, I would say, values of civilization Europe wants to see respected,
01:10can be good places and proper places for those who should return for a specific time, period
01:17of time.
01:18And this is what the Commission proposal addresses.
01:20NGOs are sounding the alarm.
01:22They denounce a punitive approach which opens the door to human rights violations and reinforces
01:27the link between immigration and crime.
01:34According to one Italian MEP, another point of contention is that people in an irregular
01:39situation could be deported to countries with which they have no connection.
01:44The European Commission would not be involved in the signing of these deals or in the construction
02:01of return centers.
02:02It lays the legal foundations that, if approved, would allow governments to pass agreements
02:07with non-European countries ready to receive rejected asylum seekers in exchange for financial
02:13incentives.