EU DIPLOMACY

Two European border officers, wearing uniforms marked with both EU and national police insignia, are standing in front of a patrol vehicle with the doors open, using binoculars to survey the landscape during sunset. The terrain is open and rural, with mountains in the background and a partly cloudy sky. The scene captures a moment of coordinated field monitoring as part of EU border management operations

The elephant in the room: Returns and Europe’s migration deadlock

23/04/202521/05/2025

Returns remain the most politically sensitive and operationally complex element of European migration policy—especially for frontline states like Greece

EU DIPLOMACY

The elephant in the room: Returns and Europe’s migration deadlock

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