Europe to Have A New Approach to Immigration Policy

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Immigration remains a highly sensitive topic in most of the bloc’s member states and comes after EU leaders demanded “innovative solutions” to deal with the issue. The plan has faced heavy criticism from rights groups who say it undermines the right to asylum and opens the door to prolonged detentions.

A new migration proposal unveiled by the European Union has revealed plans to step up the deportation of people with no legal right to stay in the bloc.

It also suggests allowing member countries to set up so-called “return hubs” in non-EU countries where rejected asylum seekers would await deportation.

The new plan would also create common regulations across the 27-member bloc so that immigration authorities can enforce a deportation order issued by another EU country.

The EU wouldn’t be setting up the centres but wants to create a legal framework that would allow states to negotiate bilaterally with non-EU countries willing to take rejected asylum seekers.

Current rules only permit EU countries to deport rejected asylum seekers back to their country of origin or a country they transited from unless they agree otherwise.

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Immigration remains a highly sensitive topic in most of the bloc’s member states and comes after EU leaders demanded “innovative solutions” to deal with the issue. The plan has faced heavy criticism from rights groups who say it undermines the right to asylum and opens the door to prolonged detentions.