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EU Tightens Asylum, Expands Labor Migration, Launches Return Hubs

6/11/2026

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Policymakers are pursuing a strategy that tightens asylum rules while expanding labour-migration schemes.
Return hubs on 1 June will detain migrants outside EU borders after the Pact took effect on 12 June.
Non-EU nationals have supplied half of growth since 2019, adding €8 billion in taxes in Italy.
Germany’s Skilled Immigration Act creates pathways for those without degrees, while Italy’s “flows decrees” approve tens of thousands of non-EU workers despite an anti-immigration stance.

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Story summary

Policymakers are pursuing a strategy that tightens asylum rules while expanding labour-migration schemes.
Return hubs on 1 June will detain migrants outside EU borders after the Pact took effect on 12 June.
Non-EU nationals have supplied half of growth since 2019, adding €8 billion in taxes in Italy.
Germany’s Skilled Immigration Act creates pathways for those without degrees, while Italy’s “flows decrees” approve tens of thousands of non-EU workers despite an anti-immigration stance.