Legal experts and rights groups have raised alarm over the move, questioning its legality and accusing Italy of undermining asylum rights.
Countries that risk undermining the Migration Pact will be met with legal consequences, Brussels has said in a pointed warning to Warsaw.
Almost half of the applications filed across the EU in 2024 came from citizenships with low chances of a successful decision.
Major parties and minnows are all promising more and quicker deportations to solve the migration debate as the country is set to hold elections next Sunday.
The European Commission is mulling a new EU law on migrant returns, with many countries insisting on a hard line.
Herbert Kickl, the man tasked with forming a new coalition in Austria, openly advocates the "remigration of uninvited strangers". What does he mean?
The Dutch government wants to introduce some of the toughest asylum rules in Europe, but it may not be so straightforward.
Only 14 countries have submitted their National Implementation Plans. The Polish government is unwilling to present it.
The new guidelines put forward by Brussels reflect the right-wing shift that is rapidly reshaping the bloc's migration and asylum policy.
The fall of Bashar al-Assad has prompted complex questions about the future of the one million Syrians who fled the war and sought refuge in Europe.