"Under the new rules, expected to apply from June, a person seeking asylum can be deported to a country outside the EU, even if they have only passed through it, or to a place to which they have no link, as long as a European government has signed an agreement with the receiving state. The vote effectively underwrites Italy's deal with Albania and the Dutch government's agreement with Uganda on the deportation of people whose asylum claims in the Netherlands have been turned down."
"In a separate vote, MEPs also voted to create an EU list of safe third countries, meaning that people from those places will face fast-tracked procedures and may find it harder to claim asylum. The list includes all EU candidate countries, including Georgia and Turkey, where the EU has expressed concerns about government crackdowns on the opposition in 2025. The safe list also includes Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia."
Centre-right and far-right MEPs passed measures expanding options to deport asylum seekers. The changes allow authorities to send a person seeking asylum to a non-EU country they simply transited, or to a state with which they have no prior link, if a European government has an agreement with that receiving state. The rules, expected from June, underpin bilateral deals such as Italy-Albania and the Netherlands-Uganda deportation agreements. MEPs also approved an EU list of safe third countries that fast-tracks procedures for nationals of listed states, including EU candidate countries and Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia. Rights groups warned that labeling Tunisia as safe denies Tunisians individual, fair asylum assessments and risks enabling rights violations.
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