EU Adopts Trump-Like Tactics to Boost Migrant Deportations, Rights Groups Warn

• The EU is expanding powers to track, raid, and deport migrants to "return hubs" in third countries, mirroring Trump administration tactics.
• New policies, effective June 12, aim to prevent a repeat of the 2015 migrant crisis, despite warnings from human rights groups.
• Italy, under PM Giorgia Meloni, operates migrant detention centers in Albania and has approved an anti-immigration package.
• An informal group of EU nations, including Germany and Austria, are pursuing deportation center agreements with countries like Kenya.
• Human rights groups report over 80,000 pushbacks in 2025, with migrants facing abuse and illegal forced returns at EU borders.