Interior ministers are meeting in Luxembourg next week to spar over the mandatory nature of recognising and carrying out deportation orders issued by another member state (Photo: Sara Prestianni)

EU ministers brace for clash over migrant returns as solidarity issue looms again

Migration

by Nikolaj Nielsen, Brussels,

Getting member states to mutually recognise deportation decisions of people told to leave the European Union is proving tricky as the thorny concept of EU 'solidarity' looms in the background.

Interior ministers are meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday (14 October) to spar over the

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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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Interior ministers are meeting in Luxembourg next week to spar over the mandatory nature of recognising and carrying out deportation orders issued by another member state (Photo: Sara Prestianni)