On Thursday 17 October, representatives of migrants’ rights and migration think tanks criticised the EU’s plans to work on ‘innovative solutions’ to reduce arrivals, such as return centres in third countries.
“We are dismayed by the growing support of many Member States, and even the Commission, for the idea of sending people to centres outside the EU for subsequent deportation. Not only is this a logistical and financial nonsense, it is also a cruel system that breaches...