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Europe seeks to increase deportations as some warn of Trump-like tactics
AP News ^
| March 29, 2026
| SAM McNEIL and GIADA ZAMPANO
Posted on 03/29/2026 11:33:29 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The European Union is expanding its powers to track, raid and deport migrants to " return hubs ″ in third countries in Africa and elsewhere, quietly adopting tactics of the Trump administration that have drawn public criticism across the 27-nation bloc.
The EU continues to tighten migration policies after right-wing parties took power in some countries in 2024. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, from the center-right European People’s Party coalition, has said that the new measures will prevent a repeat of the 2015 crisis caused by Syria’s civil war, when about 1 million people arrived to seek asylum.
“We have learnt the lessons of the past. And today, we are better equipped,” von der Leyen has said. The new policies, known as the Pact on Migration and Asylum, go into effect on June 12.
Far-right parties in Europe have praised the deportation policies of U.S. President Donald Trump and called for the EU to adopt a similar approach. Human rights groups warn that authorities are already illegally pushing back migrants at EU borders and hollowing out their legal protections.
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TOPICS: European Union
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; deportations; eu; europeanunion; illegals; leftistsource; liberaltruth; trump; ursulavonderleyen
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To: MinorityRepublican
“Trump-like” tactics...Deporting illegal aliens...
Great tactics...
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posted on
03/29/2026 11:39:20 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: JBW1949
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posted on
03/29/2026 11:39:51 AM PDT
by
mfish13
( )
To: JBW1949
Quite the tactition eh? 🛫
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posted on
03/29/2026 11:40:56 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
To: MinorityRepublican
“Trump-like tactics”
Why would AP give a platform for such idiocy?
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posted on
03/29/2026 11:43:18 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: rktman
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posted on
03/29/2026 11:45:36 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: MinorityRepublican
Abiding by the law, protecting American lives and property. Those are tactics?
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posted on
03/29/2026 11:47:29 AM PDT
by
albie
To: MinorityRepublican
I love how these newsscum use “invites criticism” as if it means the slightest thing.
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posted on
03/29/2026 11:48:01 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence." -Marx the Smarter (Groucho.))
To: MinorityRepublican
This is preemptive. Europe’s elites know the masses want deportations and they will support populists promising action politically, So, they are trying to lead the parade. Hopefully, it doesn’t work.
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posted on
03/29/2026 11:49:28 AM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: MinorityRepublican
Migrants do not have any solid legal protections.
They are not citizens.
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posted on
03/29/2026 11:55:04 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Gee what a concept, deporting people who have NO right to be there in the first place
To: MinorityRepublican
Warn of? More like, “Look what Zog do.”
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posted on
03/29/2026 11:56:14 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
To: Dr. Franklin
Your post seems Non sensical
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posted on
03/29/2026 12:03:43 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn. .. )
To: central_va
Y's our post seems Non sensical
Europe elites can either lead the parade, and deport only the worst of the worst, or lose power and more get deported. Remember, there are no voting machines in Europe, and very limited absentee voting rights. Citizens abroad need to go to a consulate to cast a ballot. They aren't sent by mail normally.
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posted on
03/29/2026 12:12:03 PM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: BenLurkin
Why would AP give a platform for such idiocy?“
Because AP is the worst of the worst.
To: Dr. Franklin
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posted on
03/29/2026 12:22:14 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn. .. )
To: MinorityRepublican
Trump like tactics == what they all used to do.
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posted on
03/29/2026 12:46:27 PM PDT
by
Salman
(I spell "Sodomy" with a capital-S because it is the name of a religion. )
To: MinorityRepublican
Last Conservative Government in England got a deal with Rwanda to send undesirables there.
But Starmer canceled it. First thing!
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posted on
03/29/2026 1:20:49 PM PDT
by
AZJeep
(sane )
To: MinorityRepublican
European Union: "Say, does this look infected?"
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posted on
03/29/2026 1:25:44 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Just cut off public benefits to them. That’s all it would take.
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posted on
03/29/2026 1:50:42 PM PDT
by
FLT-bird
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