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The European Commission is exploring ways to create likely detention centres abroad in order to forcibly repatriate rejected asylum seekers (Photo: Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI))

UN refugee agency endorses EU ‘return hubs’ — but with conditions

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says EU 'return hubs' in foreign countries may work as an incentive for rejected asylum seekers in Europe to go home.

The concept aims to forcibly send failed asylum seekers<...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

The European Commission is exploring ways to create likely detention centres abroad in order to forcibly repatriate rejected asylum seekers (Photo: Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI))

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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