EU Plan "Voluntary" Deportation
The European Union unveiled a plan Tuesday to encourage migrants refused entry into Europe to agree to be deported voluntarily, to persuade reluctant home countries to take them back, and to help people better reintegrate once they get there.
The new strategy foresees counselling for migrants who arrive without authorization on the benefits of returning home, smoother legal and operational procedures to deport them, and the use of development aid or visa restrictions to convince countries they leave or cross to take them back.
“It is not a secret that the European Union did not do particularly well on returns so far,” European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas told reporters. He said that around half a million people were denied permission to stay in 2019 but that only 142,000 were actually sent back.
| Full title | The EU strategy on voluntary return and reintegration |
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| Author | Unspecified |
| Publisher | ec.europa.eu |
| Year | 2021 |
| Media type | Unspecified |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/default/files/pdf/27042021-eu-strategy-voluntary-return-reintegration-com-2021-120_en.pdf |
| Topics | Detention, Deportation & Pushbacks, European Agencies (Frontex, GIZ & Co), European Externalization Policies & Cash Flows |
| Regions | Europe |