How Patriots Forced Deportations Back onto the EU Agenda I MCC Brussels Podcast

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The episode discusses a significant shift in the European Parliament's approach to migration and deportations.

Brussels does not change course lightly. When it does, it is usually forced. This week, something shifted. Jacob Reynolds is joined by Marieke Ehlers MEP and Agnieszka Kołek to dissect a rare moment where the European Parliament moved in a direction voters have been demanding for years. A tougher return regime has been backed, giving member states the tools to send illegal migrants back and reassert some control over their borders. The Return Regime Breakthrough On migration, so...

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Reynolds

Guests: Marieke Ehlers, Agnieszka Kołek

Topics covered

• migration
• European Parliament
• deportations
• return regime
• border control

Keywords

• migration
• deportations
• European Parliament
• return regime
• illegal migrants
• border control

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Organizations: European Parliament, EU

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