The European Parliament approved on Wednesday an overhaul of migration policy aimed at ramping up deportations and allowing member states to set up detention centers abroad, in what critics describe as a cruel system that weakens safeguards for asylum seekers.

European lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to tougher migration rules that will grant authorities much broader detention powers and allow for the creation of deportation…

European lawmakers are set to approve stricter migration rules. These new regulations grant authorities more power to detain irregular arrivals. The bloc will also establish…