In response to the commitment made late Thursday evening by European leaders to “ramp up” the repatriation efforts of an ever-increasing number of European citizens who want to return from third countries, the European Commission proposed on Friday 27 March to increase the financial means of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
For 2020, an additional 75 million euros has thus been proposed both for support for the repatriation of European citizens (45 million euros) and for the provision...