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The EU is aiming to convince Iraqi authorities to withdraw their opposition to accepting deportations of Iraqi nationals, establish “smooth cooperation” on readmission and integrate “return, readmission and cooperation” into broader EU-Iraq cooperation on migration. This initiative fits within a wider punitive mechanism that includes monitoring cooperation on readmission by partner countries to promote the “external dimension of migration management”.

Readmission of irregular migrants has been a critical element in migration cooperation between France and Maghreb countries. In an attempt to increase its leverage, France recently decided to toughen its stance on migrant return by linking it more tightly to the country’s visa policy.

By John Lee. The European Commission has proposed to the Council to adopt temporary restrictive measures on short-stay visas for visa applicants who are nationals of Iraq, Bangladesh and The Gambia. Under the revised Visa Code in force since February 2020, the EU's short-stay visa policy is linked to cooperation with partner countries on readmitting […]

EuroMed report on migrants return policies in the Mediterranean region 25 May 2021 The NGO EuroMed Rights has recently published a brief study on the return policies of migrants in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The report shows that EU Members States, EU institutions and third countries in this area have adopted a joint approach. As a consequence, such policies brought into being certain common issues, including lack of transparency a massive violation of human rights. According EuroMed, EU Member States used the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to resort to mass detention, restrict fr...

EU moves ahead with plans to use visa policy as "leverage" to increase deportations 14 April 2021 Since 2020, the EU has been able to use its visa policy as “leverage to improve cooperation with third countries on return and readmission,” as part of the drive to increase deportations. Non-EU states can be threatened with visa restrictions for their nationals if they are not deemed to cooperate sufficiently with the readmission process. A recent European Commission document, published here, sets out the perceived level of cooperation by those non-EU states. The Council is now considering p...