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We expect "net migration to average around 350,000 a year over the forecast period."

"Net migration will stay at 400-500,000 for the foreseeable future."

"Net migration is projected to be minimum 315,000 every year, up from 245,000."

"Net migration is certain to be much lower than before and is expected to fall by over 250,000."

Net migration could be down to around 300,000 "in the next two to three years."

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"It [a new Home Office assessment] suggests net migration could fall to 300,000 by 2029."

"Somewhere just below 300,000 would seem like a plausible medium-term scenario."

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European Union interior ministers approved measures to overhaul the bloc's migration system, including streamlined deportations, adoption of safe country lists, creation of a 430 million euro solidarity pool for 21,000 relocations and options for member states to provide relocations, funding or alternative measures, with countries like Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Spain identified as facing high pressure.

European Union interior ministers approved measures to overhaul the bloc's migration system, including streamlined deportations, adoption of safe country lists, creation of a 430 million euro solidarity pool for 21,000 relocations and options for member states to provide relocations, funding or alternative measures, with countries like Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Spain identified as facing high pressure.

The reforms allow for the establishment of return hubs outside the EU for rejected asylum seekers, potentially in partnerships with third countries, enabling faster rejection and return of ineligible individuals while aiming to restore control over migration flows, as stated by officials including Danish Taxation Minister Rasmus Stoklund and EU migration commissioner Magnus Brunner.

The reforms allow for the establishment of return hubs outside the EU for rejected asylum seekers, potentially in partnerships with third countries, enabling faster rejection and return of ineligible individuals while aiming to restore control over migration flows, as stated by officials including Danish Taxation Minister Rasmus Stoklund and EU migration commissioner Magnus Brunner.

Under the new rules, member states can return migrants to safe third countries not their origin, impose longer detention periods and entry bans, and create mutual recognition of return decisions across the EU to increase the enforcement rate of deportations, which currently stands at about 20 percent according to European Commission data.

Under the new rules, member states can return migrants to safe third countries not their origin, impose longer detention periods and entry bans, and create mutual recognition of return decisions across the EU to increase the enforcement rate of deportations, which currently stands at about 20 percent according to European Commission data.

The solidarity mechanism requires countries to either accept relocated migrants or pay 20,000 euros per person they decline, with some nations like Hungary and the Czech Republic indicating refusal to implement the pact, arguing it punishes successful border protection efforts and rewards failures.

The solidarity mechanism requires countries to either accept relocated migrants or pay 20,000 euros per person they decline, with some nations like Hungary and the Czech Republic indicating refusal to implement the pact, arguing it punishes successful border protection efforts and rewards failures.

Rights groups such as Amnesty International criticized the measures for potentially inflicting harm on migrants and mirroring U.S. deportation practices, while EU officials emphasized the need to accelerate returns and provide a sense of control, with plans for an EU-wide list of safe countries including Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Kosovo, Morocco and Tunisia.

Rights groups such as Amnesty International criticized the measures for potentially inflicting harm on migrants and mirroring U.S. deportation practices, while EU officials emphasized the need to accelerate returns and provide a sense of control, with plans for an EU-wide list of safe countries including Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Kosovo, Morocco and Tunisia.

The legislation, set to take effect in mid-2026 after negotiations with the European Parliament, includes provisions for non-cooperation penalties like imprisonment and allows for arrangements with third countries for return hubs, amid a decline in irregular entries by around 20 percent in 2025 compared to the previous year.

The legislation, set to take effect in mid-2026 after negotiations with the European Parliament, includes provisions for non-cooperation penalties like imprisonment and allows for arrangements with third countries for return hubs, amid a decline in irregular entries by around 20 percent in 2025 compared to the previous year.

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