>Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Kosovo, Morocco and Tunisia were included Wednesday on an EU list of “safe countries of origin” in a bid to facilitate migrant returns as Brussels faces pressure to tighten asylum rules. Migrant rights groups have criticised the weakening of asylum safeguards as “dangerous”.
> Brussels has been under pressure to clamp down on irregular arrivals and facilitate deportations, following a souring of public opinion on migration that has fuelled hard-right electoral gains in several countries.
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>Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Kosovo, Morocco and Tunisia were included Wednesday on an EU list of “safe countries of origin” in a bid to facilitate migrant returns as Brussels faces pressure to tighten asylum rules. Migrant rights groups have criticised the weakening of asylum safeguards as “dangerous”.
> Brussels has been under pressure to clamp down on irregular arrivals and facilitate deportations, following a souring of public opinion on migration that has fuelled hard-right electoral gains in several countries.
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