Five EU nations inch towards deal on migrant ‘return hubs’ by 2027

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Five EU nations – Germany, Austria, Greece, Denmark, and the Netherlands – are moving forward with plans to establish migrant return facilities in non-EU countries. The group, known as the Group of Five, aims to sign deals this year to send migrants without legal residency to these external centers, with the goal of having a common understanding with a partner country by the New Year. The specific locations for these hubs have not been disclosed. This initiative aligns with an overhaul of EU migration policy approved in June, which seeks to expedite deportations. The Group of Five will reconvene in Munich in late September to further advance the plan and will engage in dialogue with the International Organization for Migration and UNHCR.

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UNHCR has not been approached with details of the proposal and cannot comment.

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Danish Immigration and Integration Minister Morten Bodskov expects a common understanding with a partner country outside the EU around New Year.

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The European Parliament approved an overhaul of migration policy aimed at speeding up deportations and allowing member states to set up centers abroad.

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Germany, Austria, Greece, Denmark, and the Netherlands aim to sign deals this year to send migrants without legal residency to countries outside the EU.

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Five EU nations are moving towards a deal to host migrant return facilities in a non-EU country.

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Germany, Austria, ⁠Greece, Denmark and the Netherlands did not outline where the centres would be located.Five European nations have agreed on concrete steps towards a deal with an unspecified non-European Union country to host migrant return facilities, senior officials said, in a sign of mounting determination to counter Immigration.Germany, Austria, ⁠Greece, Denmark and the Netherlands, known as the Group of Five, aim to sign deals this year to send migrants without legal residency to countries outside the European Union. The nations expected to host return centres have not been named.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Spain’s PM says no evidence Morocco planned Ceuta border rushlist 2 of 35 dead, dozens missing after migrant boat found after weeks at sealist 3 of 3Burnham, Macron talk border security and stronger Europe-UK tiesend of list“Around New Year, we expect to have a common understanding with a partner country outside of the European Union,” Danish Immigration and Integration Minister Morten Bodskov told reporters on Friday at a news conference in Copenhagen, without elaborating.“It’s a new chance to have a life in a partner country,” he said, adding ‌that the five nations would be in dialogue with the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on their next steps.A spokesperson for UNHCR said the agency had not been approached with ‌details ‌of the proposal and therefore could not comment.The Group of Five is set to reconvene in Munich, Germany, at the end of September to advance the plan.German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt confirmed that the group wants “to reach an agreement with ‌third countries this year that will enable the establishment of return hubs”.The European Parliament in June approved an overhaul of migration policy aimed at speeding up deportations and allowing member states to set up centres abroad, in what some critics of the policy say could weaken safeguards for asylum seekers.

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