EU lawmakers approve a new, tougher migration policy aimed at increasing deportations of people who are denied the right to stay in the EU. The legislation gives EU member states a legal framework to transfer certain migrants to “return hubs,” which can be located outside EU borders. Supporters of the measure say the hubs are intended to strengthen enforcement and speed up removals for “failed asylum-seekers.” The rules are designed to allow countries to use these external facilities as part of the return process for people who have no right to remain. Multiple outlets report that the measure includes provisions that enable member states to create such return hubs, though the approval does not specify in the provided accounts the operational details, oversight arrangements, or how individual cases are handled. Overall, the reporting focuses on the policy’s stricter approach to returns and deportations and the institutional permission for return hubs outside EU territory.