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Send rejected asylum-seekers out of EU ASAP, urges Greek minister

Summary by Politico Europe
A pilot project to send migrants who have been denied the right to stay in the EU to designated ‘return’ countries will be in place by early next year, Greece’s migration minister told POLITICO.

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The Netherlands and four other EU member states are working on an initiative to return rejected asylum seekers to a ‘third country’ in the first half of 2027. Sources report that this concerns Rwanda.

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The Minister of Migration of Greece, Tanos Plevris, stated that the five EU countries intended to begin sending rejected asylum-seekers to third countries, such as Rwanda, starting next year. The group of European States, including Denmark, Austria, Greece, Germany and the Netherlands, planned to launch a pilot project by the first half of 2027 to send rejected asylum-seekers to countries outside the EU, wrote Politicalo. According to Plevris, b…

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The project should be fully operational by the second half of the year, the Minister of Immigration notes in his interview.

·Marousi, Greece
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While the European Union punishes exponents of the Rwandan military and economic apparatus for their role in the war in Congo and the illicit trade in its resources, some of its governments could soon pay Kigali to deal with the migrants that Europe wants to expel. It is the paradox that accompanies the announcement of the Greek Minister of Immigration Thanos Plevris: Greece, Denmark, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands have already chosen the …

·Rome, Italy
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Greece is promoting, together with Denmark, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands, a plan to transfer to third countries people whose asylum applications have been rejected in the European Union, with the aim of launching a pilot project in the first half of 2027.

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Politico Europe broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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