On Tuesday 11 March, MEPs were divided over the new regulation on the return of third-country nationals residing illegally in the EU (see other news), with those on the right in favour of the text and those in the S&D, Greens/EFA and The Left groups pointing out the dangerous aspects of the reform.
While the Commissioner for Migration, Magnus Brunner, called on them to redouble their efforts to reach an agreement, Swedish EPP MEP, Tomas Tobé, welcomed a “fundamental step that remained...