Who wins: far right parties and some dictators who will fill their pockets with the money of EU contributors. Who loses: some very unlucky migrants; EU citizens having their money thrown away without any democratic control; the EU's reputation as a promotor of human rights.

1. It seriously risks violating migrants' human rights. 2. The 'return hubs', if ever implemented, will not have any difference on the big numbers. It's just a symbolic measure, very expensive, poorly effective.

Overall, it’s either propaganda that will not meet its goals (points 1,2,3) or measures that will render our society more unjust and unsecure (points 4 and 5).

5. Cutting reception places for asylum seekers. Belgium has already been condemned by the ECtHR multiple times. Sheltering asylum seekers is not an act of kindness, it’s a duty under EU law.

4. Cutting social aid for refugees for the first 5 years. That’s how you create social insecurity, by preventing people from integrating into, and contributing to our society.

3. Externalising migrants’ detention in third countries. It’s legally dubious, crazy expensive and it won’t change anything on big numbers. It’s a purely symbolic plan, like the UK-Rwanda scheme and the Italy-Albania deal.

2. Doubling the places in migrant detention facilities to accelerate returns. Mass deportations are not possible because human rights protect people’s private life, and because countries of origin do not have an interest in cooperating. Not because there are not enough detention places.

1. Curbing arrivals by funding information campaigns in countries of origin; deterring potential migrants by adopting more restrictive policies and cutting social aid: it never worked, it’s not going to work now.