The European Parliament’s rapporteur on the revision of the Returns Directive, Dutch MEP Tineke Strik (Greens/EFA), wants to focus on the voluntary return of irregular migrants to their countries of origin in the EU. She will also attempt to review situations that justify entry bans accompanying return decisions.
This option of voluntary returns is indeed the most effective and sustainable way forward, she argued on Thursday 10 September before the Committee on Civil Liberties of the...