(CN) — The European Union’s tough new legal regime on migration went into effect on Friday, giving border authorities more powers to quickly expel migrants deemed ineligible for asylum.
The EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum was passed in 2024 and sets up a high-tech screening system at borders where asylum-seekers are kept at migrant centers, or “hot spots,” to have their claims quickly processed — and most likely rejected. About 70% of the roughly 800,000 asylum claims made each year in Europe are turned down.
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