EU lawmakers approve easier deportations

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Steve Peers

@stevepeers.bsky.social

European Parliament agrees on new EU laws on 'safe third country' and 'safe country of origin' in asylum cases - www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Due to be adopted by EU Council (Member States) on Feb 23rd. My comments on the final texts soonish (after the marking deluge).

Asylum: new rules for safe third countries and EU safe countries of origin list | News | European Parliament

On Tuesday, Parliament adopted changes to the EU asylum procedure regulations to enable faster processing of asylum requests.

www.europarl.europa.eu

February 10, 2026 at 12:35 PM

by Benjamin Braun Reposted by Daniela Gabor

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Benjamin Braun

@benbraun.bsky.social

On the hellish detention and deportation system built by EU countries. With quotes from the current and the former German chancellors expressing their commitment to the inhumane cruelty of this apparatus, described here in forensic detail.

Inside a Detention Site at the Heart of Europe’s Harsh New Approach to Immigration

www.nytimes.com

February 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM

by Nicolai von Ondarza Reposted by Ben Crum, Tom Griffin

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🎓 Ben Crum	31%	20	13.9%
🎓 Tom Griffin	11%	20	4.9%
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Nicolai von Ondarza

@nvondarza.bsky.social

As expected, all three votes today on the aspects of the 'safe third countries' list at EU level were carried by the EPP with the three far-right parties.

Each of the votes looked like a variation of this (data via @howtheyvote.eu):

February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM

by Laurent Pech

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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦

@profpech.bsky.social

Slovakia should have never left the EU’s list of backsliding countries but instead we have returned to the regular expression of concerns cycle aka all talk no action…

www.europarl.europa.eu/pdfs/news/ex...

www.europarl.europa.eu

February 11, 2026 at 8:49 AM

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by Nicolai von Ondarza Reposted by Ben Crum

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Nicolai von Ondarza

@nvondarza.bsky.social

This means that at least as far as the European Parliament is concerned, a core tenet of the EU's migration policy is now co-decided by the far-right, including its most extreme elements in the ESN, like the German AfD.

February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM

by Benjamin Braun

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Benjamin Braun

@benbraun.bsky.social

A big share of future historians will conclude that the difference btw US und EU in the 2020s was not in the scale or violence of their respective deportation enforcement regimes but in the scale and ferocity of public opposition to it. On average, Europeans cared far less.

February 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM

by Juanjo Medina

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Juanjo Medina 🍉🇺🇦

@jjmedina.bsky.social

Si. Pero... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

EU moves closer to creating offshore centres for migrants and asylum seekers

MEPs vote to allow people to be deported to places they have never been to, as NGOs express fears over new ‘safe third countries’ list

www.theguardian.com

February 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM

by Steve Peers

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Steve Peers

@stevepeers.bsky.social

And in fact I have posted here on relevant cases within my field of law
bsky.app/profile/stev...

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Apr 30

CJEU, asylum law I

New judgment: considering whether someone should be excluded from refugee status for having committed a 'serious non-political crime' must take into account whether the sentence for that crime has been served - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

CURIA - Documents

curia.europa.eu

February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM

Reposted by Steve Peers

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Andrew Cutting

@andrewcutting.coe.int

People in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland see the ECHR’s positive impact on security co-operation and their day-to-day lives as far outweighing its impact on their country’s ability to deport illegal migrants👇

🔗 yougov.co.uk/internationa... via @yougov.co.uk

How do Europeans in five major countries see the ECHR? | YouGov

Poles are consistently the most positive towards the ECHR, French tend to be most negative

yougov.co.uk

February 10, 2026 at 11:20 AM

by Craig Calhoun

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by Steve Peers

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Steve Peers

@stevepeers.bsky.social

European Parliament votes for safeguard law re EU/Mercosur free trade agreement www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Mercosur: Parliament approves safeguard clauses to protect EU agriculture | News | European Parliament

MEPs backed extra safeguards on Tuesday to prevent harm to Europe’s agriculture sector following trade liberalisation with Mercosur countries.

www.europarl.europa.eu

February 10, 2026 at 12:21 PM

Reposted by Jeff Crisp

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Refugees

@refugees.skyfleet.blue

European Parliament Tries to Bury the Right to Seek Asylum #Refugees

European Parliament Tries to Bury the Right to Seek Asylum

The European Parliament voted today to usher in changes to European Union asylum rules that jeopardize the right to seek asylum.

www.hrw.org

February 10, 2026 at 9:39 PM

Reposted by Mary Bosworth

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Steve Bullock

@guitarmoog.bsky.social

Europe’s appalling mistreatment of immigrants and refugees, and its moral passivity at horrors and deaths in The Med, should be a historic stain on all of our consciences.

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

EU clears way for transfer of asylum seekers to unrelated countries

A legislative change approved by the European Parliament will enable EU states to send asylum seekers to countries with which they have no existing link. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM

Reposted by Jeff Crisp

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Bernd Parusel

@bernd-parusel.bsky.social

When the UK gov. a couple of years ago launched the idea of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, many in the EU saw this as a controversial, radical step to take.

Well, it’s now a mainstream position. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

EU clears way for transfer of asylum seekers to unrelated countries

A legislative change approved by the European Parliament will enable EU states to send asylum seekers to countries with which they have no existing link. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM

by Carlo Masala

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Carlo "Realism, Gedankenfetzen und Rants" Masala

@carlomasala1.bsky.social

True, but within the EU it‘s impossible for the time being

February 10, 2026 at 12:55 PM

Reposted by Mary Jane Curry

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The Guardian

@theguardian.com

EU moves closer to creating offshore centres for migrants and asylum seekers

MEPs vote to allow people to be deported to places they have never been to, as NGOs express fears over new ‘safe third countries’ list The EU has moved closer to creating offshore centres for migrants and asylum seekers, after centre-right and far-right MEPs united for tougher migration policies. MEPs voted for legal changes that will give authorities more options to deport asylum seekers, including sending people to countries they have never been to. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM

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Euractiv

@euractiv.com

EU parliament adopts twin texts hardening migration policy

The EU's political centre of gravity has shifted firmly right in recent years, and a decline in irregular entries has not eased the political pressure to act on the hot-button issue

dlvr.it

February 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM

by Laura Jacobs

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Laura Jacobs

@lcjacobs89.bsky.social

I commented for POLITICO Europe 🗞️ on European far-right parties pushing ICE-style migration enforcement. Even without explicit Trump links, the same punitive logic is being normalized within European legal frameworks.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

European far-right parties push for ICE-style police

Fringe figures want to follow the Trump playbook for tackling unauthorized migration.

www.politico.eu

February 10, 2026 at 8:21 PM

Reposted by Jeff Crisp

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Bernd Parusel

@bernd-parusel.bsky.social

Approved today by the European Parliament with 396 votes in favour, 226 against and 30 abstentions.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/sv/pres...

Asylum: new rules for safe third countries and EU safe countries of origin list | Nyheter | Europaparlamentet

On Tuesday, Parliament adopted changes to the EU asylum procedure regulations to enable faster processing of asylum requests.

www.europarl.europa.eu

February 10, 2026 at 7:55 PM

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