The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a major overhaul of EU rules governing the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the bloc, aiming to speed up procedures while reinforcing cooperation with non-EU countries. Lawmakers adopted the proposal by a vote of 418-218, with 30 abstentions, following a provisional agreement with the EU Council on June 1. Dutch lawmaker Malik Azmani, who served as rapporteur, said: \u201cAfter almost 20 years of standstill, Europe finally has them. Return is the final piece in Europe\u2019s migration system.\u201d<\/p>\n
Key provisions<\/p>\n
Under the new framework, a return decision obliges the person concerned to leave the member state immediately or within a set deadline. Member states may detain individuals on a case-by-case basis where there is a risk of absconding, non-cooperation, or a security concern. Detention may last up to 24 months, with a possible six-month extension. Alternatives to detention include electronic monitoring, financial guarantees, or obligations to reside at designated locations. National authorities may carry out investigative measures, including searches, subject to judicial authorization. The legislation also allows for \u201creturn hubs\u201d in third countries, excluding unaccompanied minors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a major overhaul of EU rules governing the return of third-country nationals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[39,258,72,2778,12699],"class_list":["post-72035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-european-parliament","tag-eu","tag-european-parliament","tag-migration","tag-parliament","tag-return"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}