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The European Commission is forecasting a significant increase in the number of deportations from the European Union over the past year, UATV English reports.
This was stated by EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Magnus Brunner in an interview with Welt am Sonntag, as reported by Spiegel.
“In the first three quarters of the year, the deportation rate rose from 19% in 2023 to 27% in 2025. This means that in 2025 we expect the highest deportation rate since 2019,” Magnus Brunner said, adding that this is “far from sufficient.”
The EU commissioner stated that irregular migration must be tackled on all fronts: “This means the consistent deportation of those who have lost the right to remain in the EU.”
It also means the “rapid rejection of applications from individuals who have little chance of being granted asylum,” as well as “close cooperation with third countries so that people do not embark on dangerous journeys in the first place.”
In early December, interior ministers of EU member states—also under pressure from Germany—agreed to further tighten migration and asylum legislation. Among other measures, they want to increase pressure on rejected asylum seekers and implement deportations more effectively. Accordingly, the regulation aims to make it possible to establish return centres in third countries outside the EU. These so-called return centres would take in asylum seekers who are required to leave but cannot be deported to their country of origin or a transit country.
The agreement also includes a “solidarity fund” for 2026. In addition to an EU-wide regulation on the return of migrants without residence rights, the deal concerns new asylum rules and a common EU list of so-called safe countries of origin.
The proposal has not yet been finally approved. Negotiators from the European Council still need to coordinate their position with the European Parliament in order to agree on the final text of the legal instruments.
In her New Year’s address, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes should be deported if they receive a prison sentence of at least one year, regardless of their ties to Denmark.
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