EU lawmakers clear way for deportations to 'return hubs'
Lawmakers approved measures Thursday that could impose tougher penalties on irregular migrants and allow their deportation to "return hubs" located outside the European Union.
European lawmakers cleared the way Thursday for tougher penalties for irregular migrants and measures that could lead to their deportation to so-called "return hubs" outside the bloc. The vote clears a parliamentary hurdle for the proposal, advancing plans to process and return migrants beyond EU territory.