EU 'cannot afford further delay', warns Malik Azmani
National governments and MEPs failed on Thursday to reach agreement on new EU deportation rules, in what had been expected to be the final round of talks.
Controversial proposals would allow governments to transfer rejected asylum seekers and irregular migrants – including families with children – to so-called “return hubs” outside the EU before deportation.
The negotiations broke down over the timing of the regulation’s application on Wednesday, and the issue that remained unresolved when talks resumed on Thursday morning.
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