The revised regulation fills a gap within the Pact on Migration and Asylum to be implemented from July 2026 and aims to address the fact that only about 20% of yearly deportation orders are carried out, according to EU institutions.
Lists of safe countries of origin and safe third countries to which rejected asylum applicants may be sent should be defined. In some of those countries so-called "return hubs" may be built with financial support from interested EU states.
