03/03/2017 (Agence Europe) – UNICEF, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and several NGOs, including PICUM and Save the Children, have strongly criticised the European Commission recommendations to speed up national return decisions for migrants residing illegally in the EU and the increased use of detention (see EUROPE 11737). On Thursday 2 March, these organisations explained that swift returns, “would put children’s lives at risk and would be in violation of the UN...