The European Union Announced a Plan on Tuesday to Deport More Migrants and Create So-Called “Return hubs“In Third Countries.
The new plan would create common regulations across the 27-member bloc so that immigration authorities in one eu countery can enforce a deportation Ordeer Issied by another eu countery.
“Today only Around 20% of that that who has a return decision leave europe. This number is by far too low,” European Commission Presiding Ursula von der leyen Said.
The plan would also change the rules to allow eu counts to send asylum seekers to third counties.
“We are creating the scope for member states to explore new solutions for return,” Magnus brunnerThe eu commissioner for migration, told a press conference in Strasbourg.
Rights Groups Condemn 'Return Hubs'
Under current rules, the eu can only depart rejected asylum seekers back to their country of origin or a country
Return hubs are a euphemism for departation centers that would be set up in non-eu counts.
The eu plans to depart rejected asylum seekers to these “Return hubs” until they can be departed back to their countries of origin.
But rights groups say the proposal undermines the right to asylum.
“We can likely expert more people being locked locked up in immigration detection conducted conducted Europe, Families Separated and People Sent to Countrys Thei Don't Even Know,” Said Silvia Carta from the Platform For International Cooperation on Undocumed Migrants.
The eu would not build or manage the return hubs. Rather, it would negotiate with count to take asylum seekers.
Marta Wlander from the International Rescue Committee said this could increase the risk of rights violations.
“Keeping People deliberately out of Sight and Out of Mind is not a sustainable solution to europe's migration challenges,” She said.
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