EU Talks Deportations as Five Nations Seek Migrant Centre in Africa
Five EU countries are exploring Africa-based return centres as critics warn the hubs could leave migrants stranded with weak oversight.
- On Thursday, European Union ministers gather in Luxembourg to advance plans for "return hubs" outside the bloc, with Rwanda emerging as a potential partner for rejected asylum seekers.
- A coalition of five nations—Denmark, Austria, Greece, Germany, and the Netherlands—is exploring these centers to manage migration amid rising anti-immigration sentiment across the bloc.
- The "group of five" will finance the project entirely on its own, with these "return hubs" serving as transit stations for individuals whose asylum applications were legally rejected.
- Critics, including Dutch lawmakers Anna Strolenberg and Tineke Strik, warn the centers could become "legal black holes" lacking oversight, while human rights groups fear detainees could face refoulement to unsafe home countries.
- Greece aims to open its first center by 2027, though past initiatives like the British "Rwanda Model" faced severe legal challenges and were ultimately halted by courts, casting doubt on viability.
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The EU interior ministers are discussing deportations in Luxembourg today. In addition, the situation in Ceuta will be discussed. Another topic will be so-called return hubs outside the EU, which the Federal Minister of the Interior also wants. By K. Schmidt.
Radio France Internationale
EU talks deportations as five nations seek migrant centre in Africa
Home affairs ministers from the European Union's 27 nations meet in Luxembourg with anti-immigration sentiment riding high across the bloc, as evidenced by shock far-right gains in Germany this month. Ministers are scheduled to discuss how to improve returns of people with no right to stay in the bloc through "enhanced cooperation" with "priority" third countries, according to the meeting agenda. They are also set to give a final green light to …
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