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EU wants to send more migrants away as irregular arrivals grow

EU wants to send more migrants away as irregular arrivals grow

GABRIELA BACZYNSKA EUROPEAN Union ministers sought ways to curb irregular immigration and send more people away as arrivals rose from pandemic lows, reviving controversial ideas for border fences and asylum centres outside of Europe. EU border agency Frontex reported some 330,000 unauthorised arrivals last year, the highest since 2016, with a sharp increase on the Western Balkans route. "We have a huge increase of irregular arrivals of migrants," Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson told talks among the 27 EU migration ministers. "We have a very low return rate and I can see we can make significant progress here."Advertisement · Scroll…
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