The European Union is preparing to dramatically expand its deportation powers, with a landmark law allowing migrants to be sent to return hubs outside Europe and making it easier for governments to remove people with no right to stay.
A deal on the Return Regulation is expected today between EU governments and the European Parliament, marking the most hardline turn in EU migration policy in decades. Driven by political pressure over migration and the rise of anti-immigration parties, Brussels is embracing measures that would have been unthinkable only a few years ago.
