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EU ministers approve regulation supporting return hubs
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EU interior ministers meeting in Luxembourg approved a regulation intended to increase deportations of irregular migrants, including by allowing return hubs outside the EU. Greece also proposed temporarily suspending asylum applications during emergencies.
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EU interior ministers approved a new regulation to boost deportations of irregular migrants.
“they approved a new regulation to boost deportations of irregular migrants”
The approved regulation allows EU member states to establish return hubs outside the EU.
“It will allow member states to establish so-called return hubs outside the EU”
EU interior ministers met in Luxembourg to discuss strengthening border controls and curbing undocumented migration.
“The interior ministers of European Union countries met in Luxembourg on Thursday to discuss ways to strengthen border controls and curb undocumented migration”