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EU commissioners Magnus Brunner and Henna Virkkunen presented their deportation bill at the European Parliament amid praise from the far-right and centre-right forces (Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service)

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EU deportation bill is a gift for the far-right

The far-right has found a home within the European Commission's new bill on deportations.

While few would dispute that people with no right to remain should be given a carte-blanche to stay in Europe, the European Commission's latest proposal should be a cause for alarm.

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

EU commissioners Magnus Brunner and Henna Virkkunen presented their deportation bill at the European Parliament amid praise from the far-right and centre-right forces (Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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