EU seeks to speed up deportations to tackle migrant crisis
EU ministers pushed Thursday to speed up the deportation of failed asylum seekers in a bid to curb Europe's migration crisis, ahead of key talks with officials from the Balkans and nations bordering Syria.
(AFP) EU ministers pushed Thursday to speed up the deportation of failed asylum seekers in a bid to curb Europe's migration crisis, ahead of key talks with officials from the Balkans and nations bordering Syria.
In a sign of a tougher approach to the worst migration crisis since World War II, European interior ministers want a dedicated programme to send back "economic" migrants who are largely from African nations.
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