At a meeting of the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) on Thursday 13 February, experts from the Member States will once again discuss their expectations of the new legislative framework on the ‘return’ of illegal immigrants in the EU, expected by mid-March.
In particular, they will be asked to give their opinion on the possibility of extending detention periods or on the type of agreement that could be reached with third countries so that they agree to...