Dossier
Return Regulation
Coverage of Return Regulation in the Nexus archive.
- 'Send them back' chants rock European Parliament after landslide vote to speed up deportations
The European Parliament approved the Return Regulation to expedite deportations of illegal migrants, with right-wing lawmakers chanting 'send them back' and left-wing members responding with 'shame on you.' The legislation allows up to 24-month detentions and return hubs in third countries, facing criticism from human rights groups and some lawmakers who called it dehumanizing.