Following pressure from right-wing and far-right parties, the European Union’s 27 member states have approved a major tightening of the bloc’s migration rules – including the controversial introduction of so-called 'return hubs' for rejected asylum seekers.
EU countries have given their backing to the tightening of Europe’s migration rules, endorsing for the first time the creation of “return hubs” outside the bloc for people whose asylum claims have been rejected.
