EU leaders agreed, on Thursday 16 December, on the importance of a more “unified” EU returns policy, as they chose to call it in their conclusions. And they called on the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, to swiftly take action to ensure effective returns to countries of origin using all available leverage, from visa policies to development aid.
Reiterating their condemnation of the instrumentalisation of migrants by third...