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Should irregular migrants be deported to return hubs outside the EU?
Europe has proposed a controversial draft regulation on EU returns that presents return hubs outside the EU as innovative measures to reduce irregular migration. Does externalising the management of illegal migrants comply with EU human rights standards?
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Med5 ministers call to strengthen Frontex and curb irregular migration
At their two-day summit in Naples, the interior ministers of the EU countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea called for a strengthening of the European Border and Coastguard Agency and for more action to combat irregular immigration.
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Will deportation hubs help speed up migrant returns?
The Common European System for Returns aims to speed up deportation of asylum seekers who aren't permitted to stay in the European Union. In an unexpected move, it also opens the possibility to build the controversial detention centres outside the bloc.
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Tensions over migrants escalate on Poland's border with Belarus
Two years after Poland erected a border barrier to stop migrants from entering from Belarus, the influx has diminished but public debate over the issue has not, fuelled in part by the fatal stabbing of a soldier in June.