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EU accused of creating ICE-style immigration enforcement system
EU accused of creating ICE-style immigration enforcement system
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EP passes offshore detention law as anti-immigrant mood grows
EP passes offshore detention law as anti-immigrant mood grows
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The European Parliament approved a major migration policy overhaul Wednesday to increase deportations and permit member states to establish detention centers abroad, a move critics say creates a harsh system that undermines protections for asylum-seekers.
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BRUSSELS, June 17 - The European Parliament approved on Wednesday an overhaul of migration policy aimed at ramping up deportations and allowing member states to set up detention centres abroad, in what critics describe as a cruel system that weakens safeguards for asylum seekers.
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EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad
EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad
The European Union has moved forward with an overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and build detention centers abroad. Critics compared the regulation to the immigration strategy of the Trump administration.
EU passes law allowing offshore deportation centres
EU passes law allowing offshore deportation centres
The Return Regulation approves the deportation of irregular immigrants to third-party countries; states can now form agreements with non-EU countries and set up deportation centres there; even as European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen hailed the law as ‘fair and firm’, critics say it has ‘little regard for people’s safety, dignity and rights, and fails to uphold the EU’s fundamental values’
EP passes offshore detention law as anti-immigrant mood grows
EP passes offshore detention law as anti-immigrant mood grows
The European Parliament approved a major migration policy overhaul Wednesday to increase deportations and permit member states to establish detention centers abroad, a move critics...
EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad
EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad
The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and ink controversial deals to build detention centers abroad. Rights groups have criticized it, comparing the new regulations to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration policies. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Camille Le Coz, Director of the Migration Policy Institute of Europe, says that the way the policy has been framed in the EU law "is to make it compatible with international law".
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3×cross-perspective · 4The European Parliament approved a major migration policy overhaul to increase deportations and permit member states to establish detention centers abroad.
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dailysabah“EP passes offshore detention law as anti-immigrant mood grows
The European Parliament approved a major migration policy overhaul Wednesday to increase deportations and permit member states to establish detention centers abroad, a move critics...”
france24“EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad
The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and ink controversial deals to build detention centers abroad.”
npr“EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad
The European Union has moved forward with an overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and build detention centers abroad.”
politicsatnyu.org“Last Thursday, the European Parliament voted 389 to 206 to pass the Return Regulation, a sweeping overhaul of E.U. migration enforcement that allows member states to detain asylum seekers for up to two years, and send them to offshore facilities called “return hubs” in countries other than a migrant’s place of origin.”
latimes.com“The European Parliament voted to approve “return hubs” — offshore detention centers where EU nations can send asylum-seekers while they await deportation.”
2×cross-perspective · 3The Return Regulation allows member states to set up detention centers abroad, referred to as “return hubs.”
otherwestern
politicsatnyu.org“Last Thursday, the European Parliament voted 389 to 206 to pass the Return Regulation, a sweeping overhaul of E.U. migration enforcement that allows member states to detain asylum seekers for up to two years, and send them to offshore facilities called “return hubs” in countries other than a migrant’s place of origin.”
latimes.com“The European Parliament voted to approve “return hubs” — offshore detention centers where EU nations can send asylum-seekers while they await deportation.”
france24“EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad
The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and ink controversial deals to build detention centers abroad.”
npr“EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad
The European Union has moved forward with an overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and build detention centers abroad.”
1×cross-perspective · 3The European Parliament passed the Return Regulation.
other
politicsatnyu.org“Last Thursday, the European Parliament voted 389 to 206 to pass the Return Regulation, a sweeping overhaul of E.U. migration enforcement that allows member states to detain asylum seekers for up to two years, and send them to offshore facilities called “return hubs” in countries other than a migrant’s place of origin.”
latimes.com“The European Parliament voted to approve “return hubs” — offshore detention centers where EU nations can send asylum-seekers while they await deportation.”
amnestyusa.org“Responding to EU home affairs ministers’ position on the EU Return Regulation agreed in Brussels today, Olivia Sundberg Diez, EU Advocate on Migration and Asylum at Amnesty International, said:”
1×cross-perspective · 2Right-wing and far-right parties formed a coalition to pass the Return Regulation, breaking past political barriers.
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politicsatnyu.org“Despite the inherent controversy of this bill, it passed because the parties of the center-right broke from their own precedent and secretly coordinated with those of the far-right, a political concession to the electoral gains far-right parties have made by running on anti-immigration platforms ac”
latimes.com“Right-wing and far-right parties formed an unlikely coalition to pass the measure, breaking past barriers that had kept these groups politically isolated from moderates.”
1×cross-perspective · 2Critics compare the EU’s new migration policy to the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
western
france24“Rights groups have criticized it, comparing the new regulations to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration policies.”
guardian“EU politicians have promised to increase deportations of undocumented migrants, under a new law that critics say mimics elements of the Trump administration’s brutal immigration crackdown.”
npr“Critics compared the regulation to the immigration strategy of the Trump administration.”
Single-source · 7 — reported by one bloc only (uncorroborated)
The Return Regulation permits the detention of asylum seekers for up to two years.
politicsatnyu.org
Greece, Denmark, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands have entered into negotiations with foreign governments, mainly in Africa, to host return hubs.
politicsatnyu.org
Human rights groups warn the policy is a ‘historic setback’ for refugee rights.
latimes.com
Amnesty International says the Return Regulation amounts to an unprecedented stripping of rights based on migration status.
amnestyusa.org
The European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen called the law ‘fair and firm’.
hindu
The Return Regulation enables national authorities to raid people’s homes to enforce deportation orders.
guardian
The EU law is framed as being compatible with international law.
france24
Framing · 8 — loaded language surfaced (spin shown, not adopted)
dailysabah
“a move critics...”
→ Critics oppose the policy.
france24
“Rights groups have criticized it, comparing the new regulations to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration policies.”
→ Critics compare the policy to Trump-era immigration policies.
guardian
“critics say mimics elements of the Trump administration’s brutal immigration crackdown.”
→ Critics say the policy mimics Trump’s immigration crackdown.
etleboro.org
“a move critics say creates a harsh system that undermines protections for asylum-seekers.”
→ Critics say the policy creates a harsh system undermining asylum protections.
politicsatnyu.org
“a political concession to the electoral gains far-right parties have made by running on anti-immigration platforms ac”
→ The policy passed due to political concessions to far-right parties on anti-immigration platforms.
latimes.com
“Human rights groups warn the policy is a “historic setback” for refugee rights, saying offshore facilities will lack adequate monitoring of fundamental protections.”
→ Human rights groups warn offshore facilities lack monitoring of protections.
amnestyusa.org
“These punitive measures amount to an unprecedented stripping of rights based on migration status and will leave more people in precarious situations and legal limbo.”
→ Critics say the policy imposes punitive measures leading to legal limbo.
amnestyusa.org
“EU member states continue to push for cruel and unworkable ‘return hubs,’ or offshore deportation centers outside of the EU – forcibly transferring people to countries where they have no connection and may be detained for long periods, violating protections in international law.”
→ Critics say return hubs are cruel, unworkable, and violate international law.