Deportations: New role for Frontex as EU pushes for more "voluntary" returns (Chris Jones)

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2025-1-17 14:34

Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:06:11 +0000

From: Chris Jones chris@statewatch.org

A special report by Hope Barker and Anas Ambri: The EU has been funding

new accelerated asylum and deportation procedures in Bulgaria, including

a new “assisted voluntary return” project. Increasing “voluntary”

returns is a key part of the plan to increase deportations from the EU,

with Frontex playing an increasing role. The project targets individuals

in detention. Experts question whether such procedures can ever be truly

voluntary.

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