Western Europe
Op-Ed: The EU Is Criminalizing Migrants, Return Regulation Makes It Legal
By endorsing offshore “return hubs” and criminalizing undocumented migrants, the EU’s new Return Regulation threatens to dismantle decades of asylum protections.
Court Ruling Challenges Italy's Albanian Migration Plan Amid Growing Debate
Italy's plan to process migrants in Albania faces legal challenges after a Rome court ruled the return of migrants to their countries unsafe and unlawful. While Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni defends the deal as a European model, critics raise concerns about human rights violations and tensions between national policies and European law.