Europe is at risk of creating a human rights black hole with its ‘return hubs’ for migrants | Michael O’Flaherty
Without iron-clad legal safeguards, offshore migration centres can only repeat the worst mistakes of the recent pastEurope has entered a new era of outsourced migration management. After a vote by the European parliament, the EU’s return regulation is nearing adoption – promising “more efficient” returns and “swifter” procedures to deport unwanted migrants. This will give countries the legal runway to set up return hubs – that is, offshore facilities to process people deemed to have no right to stay in…
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