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EU Migration Law Faces Backlash from Amnesty, 200+ Groups

12/9/2025

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EU member states finalized negotiating positions on a migration-law package on December 8, 2025.
The package includes asylum rules, a list of safe countries of origin, and return policies.
It also establishes 'return hubs' for deported migrants and allows asylum rejections based on safety elsewhere.
Amnesty International and more than 200 organizations criticize the plan as dehumanizing, and the Council and European Parliament will negotiate to finalize the texts.

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EU member states finalized negotiating positions on a migration-law package on December 8, 2025.
The package includes asylum rules, a list of safe countries of origin, and return policies.
It also establishes 'return hubs' for deported migrants and allows asylum rejections based on safety elsewhere.
Amnesty International and more than 200 organizations criticize the plan as dehumanizing, and the Council and European Parliament will negotiate to finalize the texts.