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European Parliament Approves Returns Rule Allowing Deportation Centres Outside the EU

To open a legal path for return centres in third countries, the Parliament approved a returns regulation that leaves key implementation details to member-state agreements.

Meloni, durante la última cumbre del G7
La medida se da en medio del endurecimiento de la política migratoria en Europa
Con el masivo respaldo de la derecha y la extrema derecha, el Parlamento Europeo aprobó el texto legal del llamado Reglamento de Retornos, que, en sus puntos más controvertidos, habilita la creación de centros de deportación en terceros países para migrantes rechazados, incluidas familias con niños, y agiliza las expulsiones.

Overview

  • The Parliament gave final approval to the returns regulation on Wednesday with a 418–218–30 vote, completing parliamentary sign-off after a political deal reached earlier in June.
  • The law creates a legal framework for member states to negotiate and operate ‘return’ or deportation centres in third countries, while removing a proposed independent EU watchdog for those sites.
  • The text expands enforcement powers by allowing judicial or administrative orders for searches and seizures and by lengthening detention for people subject to return to up to 24 months with a possible six-month extension.
  • The regulation still requires formal adoption by the Council before it becomes law and sets immediate effect for some provisions related to external centres and age assessment while giving a 12-month transition for other measures.
  • Human-rights groups and several opposition politicians warn of rights breaches and racial profiling, Spain has formally opposed the text, and governments including Austria, Germany, Denmark, Greece and the Netherlands are already negotiating pilot deals that could make centres operational in 2027.