EU RETURN RULES FACE FRONTLINE REVOLT: JUDGES AND POLICE IN SPAIN PUSH REGULARISATION OVER DEPORTATION
The Conversation|Aug 28, 2024
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Academic fieldwork across seven EU countries, focused on Spain, finds judges, police and social workers enforcing migration policy see deportation-first measures as inefficient, punitive and rights-risking. Many advocate regularisation pathways (e.g., Spain’s arraigo) over expanded detention, faster removals and offshore ‘return hubs’ proposed under the EU Return Regulation. The piece underscores an implementation gap that could complicate EU efforts to tighten deportations.
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