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Most African governments have been pushing for new systems of legal pathways and exchange programmes at all levels but are reluctant to agree to any new commitments to readmit illegal migrants (Photo: Miko Guziuk)

EU playing 'catch up' on migrant returns, commission admits

The EU is stepping up its attempts to increase rates of readmission and returns of failed economic migrants and asylum seekers as part the ‘external dimension’ of its migration policy, a senior EU Commission official has told MEPs.  

Speaking at a hearing of the European Parliament’s civil liberties comm...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Most African governments have been pushing for new systems of legal pathways and exchange programmes at all levels but are reluctant to agree to any new commitments to readmit illegal migrants (Photo: Miko Guziuk)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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