Five EU countries to establish deportation centres in Africa [Full list]

Five European Union countries are moving ahead with plans to establish migrant return centres outside the bloc, with the first facility expected to become operational in Africa in 2027.
The countries involved are Greece, Germany, Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands.
The five nations, known as the “Group of Five”, are working on a common model for so-called return hubs for migrants whose asylum applications have been finally rejected or who have no legal right to remain in the EU.
Greece’s Migration Minister, Thanos Plevris, said the first centre could begin operations in the second half of 2027.
Plevris said Greece had already selected an African country to host the facility but ...