EU lawmakers approve new tougher migrant policy
The EU is backing tougher migration policies that seek to ramp up deportations of failed asylum-seekers. Under the new legislation, EU states can establish "return hubs."
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Tunisia carries out more 'voluntary returns' of sub-Saharan migrants
Close to 100 sub-Saharan African migrants have been deported from Tunisia under a 'voluntary return' scheme. Critics argue that tightened rules, harassment and racism migrants face in Tunisia leave them with little choice but to ret1
Germany deports 32 Afghans to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
Another 32 men have been deported from Germany to Afghanistan. The deportation is based on an agreement with the Islamist Taliban and comes amid ongoing criticism of returning people to the Central Asian country.
Musk to sue German broadcaster ZDF over 'hunt for migrants'
Elon Musk said he was taking legal action against one of Germany's public broadcasters after it reported that he had called for "a hunt for migrants" in Belfast.
French police say they stopped two thirds of small boats bound for UK in May
French authorities say they successfully prevented two out of three small boats from setting off for the United Kingdom in May.