Posted on 05/12/2026 6:18:06 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The European Union is moving to tighten migration controls after years of struggling to deport most migrants ordered to leave, with a top official saying the bloc is now working to "get control back" ahead of sweeping new asylum rules set to take effect in June.
European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner said deportations have increased and new border screening systems are identifying potential security threats, part of a broader effort to address gaps in enforcement that have drawn criticism from the United States and fueled political pressure across Europe.
"Ten years ago, we didn't have a system. We didn't have control over what is happening and who would come into the European Union and who would have to leave again," Brunner told reporters Tuesday in Washington, D.C. "And that's why the member states agreed on the pact for asylum and migration. And now that's what we want to get back. We want to get control back."
The shift comes after years of criticism from Washington, where President Donald Trump has warned migration is "destroying" Europe and called the situation a "horrible invasion."
Brunner said return rates have improved in recent years — from roughly one in five to nearly 30% — but acknowledged the system has struggled to keep pace. Data from Eurostat shows that only about one-quarter to one-third of migrants ordered to leave the EU are actually returned, meaning most remain in Europe.
The EU’s long-debated migration and asylum pact, set to take effect in June, is designed to close that gap by accelerating asylum decisions, shifting more processing to the bloc’s external borders, and expanding return mechanisms.
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Under President Trump, replacement migration will never be the standard. The United States objects to the Global Compact on Migration and UN efforts to facilitate replacement migration. https://t.co/KCuMjoi32L pic.twitter.com/2ASW0NqGIg— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 13, 2026
BY CHOICE.
“Ten years ago, we didn’t have a system. We didn’t have control over what is happening and who would come into the European Union and who would have to leave again,”
No shit.
They had control. They just chose to use that control to import a new population instead of protecting their people. But now there is something far worse than cultural dissolution on the horizon: populist parties like AfD and Reform UK winning, possibly even majorities in their parliaments.
If they had functioning brains, they would ask President Trump to show them how to solve the problem.
Maybe they’re tightening their borders because they figured out we’re NOT going to save their sorry asses...
Right, you didn’t know. If you had only known then, it would be different now. Weak bait, at best. The EU knew full well what it was doing when homogenizing the peoples of their world. Anything else is pure BS.
Way too little way too late.

Garrison published this political cartoon in 2016 when the Hijrah was picking up speed.
“Rules”.
Do they have laws? “Rules” just sounds super gay
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