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EU Negotiators Strike Compromise to Allow Offshore Return Hubs and Tougher Return Rules

Member states would gain new powers to speed expulsions with legal and operational questions still unresolved

EU Agrees Returns Regulation Allowing Deportation Centres in Third Countries

Smuggling Gangs Shift Channel Launches to Belgian Beaches

EU Lawmakers Back Offshore 'Return Hubs' and Tougher Deportations

22 Die After Migrant Boat Drifts Six Days Off Crete

At Least 22 Migrants Die After Six Days Adrift in the Mediterranean

European Parliament Backs EU ‘Return Hubs’ Outside the Bloc to Speed Migrant Expulsions

EU Backs Study of Emergency Migration ‘Brake’ as Leaders Vow Tighter Border Control

Italy Detains German NGO Ship for 60 Days in Sicily Over Rescue Conduct

EU Unveils Five-Year Migration Plan Focused on Deportations and Visa Leverage

Court in Mytilini Acquits 24 Aid Workers Accused in Lesbos Smuggling Case

Europe Tightens Migration Policy as EU Cuts Solidarity Quotas and 27 States Push ECHR Changes

Hungary Defies EU Migration Pact as Estonia Chooses Financial Support Over Relocations

EU Ministers Endorse Tighter Asylum Rules, Safe‑Origin List and Legal Basis for Return Hubs

EU Ministers Back Tougher Migration Rules, Approve Return Hubs and Relocation‑or‑Pay Plan

Slovakia Says It Will Reject EU Migration Pact at Brussels Ministers’ Meeting

Drifting Migrant Boat off Crete Found With 18 Dead, Two Survivors

Visegrad Four Reportedly Preparing EU Court Challenge to New Migration Pact

EU Names Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus as Eligible for Solidarity Under Migration Pact

Orbán Seeks EU Funding for Hungary’s Border Protection