00:01The European Parliament has approved a law aimed at speeding up the return of migrants
00:06with no legal right to remain in the EU, thanks to backing from center-right and far-right political groups.
00:13The return regulation is the bloc's toughest shift in migration policy in decades.
00:18It is considered controversial as it would allow EU countries to set up deportation centers outside the bloc,
00:24known as return hubs, through agreements with non-EU countries.
00:28These hubs could serve either as transit facilities where people await return to their country of origin,
00:34or as locations where migrants remain for an extended period,
00:38potentially without a time limit or guarantee of onward return.
00:42Only unaccompanied minors would be exempt from the measure,
00:46while families with children could be transferred to the hubs.
00:50Other provisions include longer detention periods, tougher entry bans and new powers to locate irregular migrants,
00:57as well as the ability to search for a so-called place of residence or other relevant premises.
01:03Some NGOs and civil society organizations have compared this to the notorious raids conducted by the US Immigration and Customs
01:11Enforcement.
01:11Some NGOs are now on the UNRWA to be protected by the UNRWA to be protected by the UNRWA to
01:15be protected by the UNRWA.
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