EU Greenlights Offshore Migrant 'Return Hubs'
EU ParliamentGreenlights ApprovesOffshore ToughMigrant New'Return Migration RulesHubs'
The Spin
Europe finally has a real migration system that works. —After after nearly 20 years of stagnationparalysis, the EUE.U. Parliament passed tough new return rules that put member states back in control. Less than 30% of people ordered to leave actually do, and thesethe new measures fixaim to change that bythrough expandingstronger detentionenforcement powers and creating return hubs outside the bloc. For years, deportation orders existed largely on paper and were rarely enforced. Smugglers no longer get to decide who stays in Europe or who leaves.
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Metaculus Prediction
There is a 3.9% chance that any country will trigger Article 50 to leave the European Union before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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