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The European Commission says such facilities must guarantee adequate reception and not be overcrowded (Photo: Global Detention Project)

EU states stall on border sites for migrant detention and deportation facilities

EU member states have yet to designate areas where they want to build infrastructure along the external borders to host, detain and possibly deport migrants and prospective asylum seekers.

The European Commission, in a document published on Tuesday (11 November), says not a single member state has made any formal designation of locations to fast-track asylum c...

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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.

The European Commission says such facilities must guarantee adequate reception and not be overcrowded (Photo: Global Detention Project)

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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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