EU Adopts Trump-Style Migration Tactics

0:00It's March 29th. Global news today starts now, AI-powered and worldwide. I'm Cory with the story. The European Union is cranking up its migration game, adopting Trump-style tactics to track, raid and deport migrants straight to return hubs in, Africa and other spots. The new pact on migration and asylum kicks in on June 12th, giving them sharper tools after learning from past slip-ups as EU chief Ursula Vonder. Italy's leading the charge under Prime Minister Georgia Maloney, running detention centers in Albania for rejected asylum seekers, one's holding at, at least 90 folks right now, an informal crew of nations like Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark and Greece are hunting similar deals, chatting with places like Kenya too. Host these hubs. Far-right groups across Europe are cheering these hardline moves, praising Trump's playbook while human rights crews sound alarms over illegal. Pushbacks have borders that strip away legal protections, reports paint a rough picture,

1:04beatings theft and forced returns hitting men, women and kids daily. Pushbacks are surging over 80,000 logged in 2025 alone, mostly in Italy, Poland, Bulgaria and Latvia along with drones, thermochams and more raids, even frontex agents joining Belgian police ops. Britain's post-Brexit government deported nearly 60,000 since July 2024, wrapping up arrests too. Europe still clings to stronger safeguards than the US, but the shift toward tougher enforcement feels the same, raising fears of matching human, costs on both sides of the Atlantic.