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Finland resumes asylum seeker returns to Italy under new EU migration pact
Helsinki becomes latest northern member state to restart Dublin-style transfers, as Rome pushes back on German numbers and Madrid demands solidarity funding.
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Matteo Piantedosi
Italian Interior Minister, Italian Government
What we have reported
- Asked Germany for financial assistance for returned asylum seekers and argued pre-June cases fall outside the new regulation.
- Welcomed the proposal as a success for the Italian government's push for tougher migration rules.
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EU proposes seven safe countries of origin to accelerate migrant returns
The European Commission has listed Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Kosovo, Morocco and Tunisia as safe countries of origin, aiming to speed up asylum decisions and deportations despite human rights warnings.
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