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Strengthened80% impact weight
Centralised return orders and external return hubs substantially increase the restrictiveness of EU migration policy.
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European Commission proposes a new EU Returns Regulation
On 11 March 2025, the European Commission, led on this file by Internal Affairs and Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner, proposed a new Regulation on returns to replace the 2008 Return Directive. The proposal introduces a single 'European Return Order', mutual recognition of return decisions across member states, and a legal basis for 'return hubs' outside the EU where rejected asylum seekers could be sent pending removal. Brunner called the proposal a 'gamechanger', citing that only about one in five people ordered to leave the EU actually departs.
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On 11 March 2025, the European Commission, led on this file by Internal Affairs and Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner, proposed a new Regulation on returns to replace the 2008 Return Directive. The proposal introduces a single 'European Return Order', mutual recognition of return decisions across member states, and a legal basis for 'return hubs' outside the EU where rejected asylum seekers could be sent pending removal. Brunner called the proposal a 'gamechanger', citing that only about one in five people ordered to leave the EU actually departs.
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