‘TRILOGUE’:
Critics compared the plan to the US’ secret agreements with countries around the world to deport thousands of people to countries that are not their own
AP, BRUSSELS
The EU has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and ink controversial deals to build detention centers abroad, in what rights groups compare to the aggressive immigration policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.“The new regulation will speed up the return process and increase returns of persons who have no legal right to stay in the EU,” said Nicholas Ioannides, deputy migration minister for Cyprus, which holds the rotating presidency of the 27-nation bloc.The deal was struck between the EU’s three main institutions — the European Commission, the European Council and European Parliament — during a so-called “trilogue” on Monday evening.
A man walks past a controversial banner attached to the side of a play park fence in Moygashel, Northern Ireland, on Monday.
