The European Court of Auditors (ECA) launched an audit on Tuesday 28 July of European return policies, the results of which should be published next summer.
While a return policy should be an important pillar of the future Pact on Asylum and Migration, the current enforcement rate of decisions to return migrants and readmit them to non-Member State is less than 40%.
As part of this assessment, the auditors will examine whether the measures adopted by the European Commission after 2015 have...