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Migration & asylum › Returns
Decisions about the return or deportation of people without a right to stay, return hubs or readmission agreements.
2 subjects in 2 sittings · 2 adopted, 0 rejected · Oct 2025 – Mar 2026
New laws 1Resolutions 1
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Latest decisions
- Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)
Parliament adopted its position on a proposed EU law setting up a common system for returning third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union. The law would replace existing EU rules on returns and introduce a single procedure for return and readmission across member states. Parliament asks the Commission to refer the matter back if it substantially amends its proposal, and forwards its position to the Council and national parliaments.
26 Mar 2026 · New laws · report by Malik Azmani · 1st reading · voted 11:06 · A-10-2026-0048 · 2025/0059
Adopted 389–206–32 · by a large majority - Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit
Parliament adopted a resolution setting out its priorities for the EU-Africa partnership ahead of the EU-African Union summit in Luanda, Angola, on 24 and 25 November 2025. The text calls for making the fight against illegal migration a priority, negotiating readmission agreements with African Union member states, and linking development funds to cooperation on returns. It also demands that the EU's Strategic Partnership with South Africa be conditional on ending discrimination against the Boer minority and compensating victims. Parliament asks the Commission and Council to act on these points and forwards the resolution to EU institutions, member states, the UN, and the African Union.
Foreign affairsMigration & asylum
23 Oct 2025 · Resolutions · motion for a resolution · 77 ballots · voted 13:09 · B-10-2025-0474 · 2025/2933
Adopted 367–98–113 · by a large majority
Dossiers involved · latest vote first
- 2025/0059 Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) 26 Mar 2026 · 1 vote
- 2025/2933 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit 23 Oct 2025 · 1 vote
Who backs what
How each group's majority voted on the 2 most recent final roll calls about returns. A group is "split" when no position won among its members.
| Group | Backed | Opposed | Abstained | Split | With the outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (0 %) | 1 (50 %) | 1 | 0 | 0 % | |
| 1 (50 %) | 1 (50 %) | 0 | 0 | 50 % | |
| 1 (50 %) | 1 (50 %) | 0 | 0 | 50 % | |
| 1 (50 %) | 1 (50 %) | 0 | 0 | 50 % | |
| 2 (100 %) | 0 (0 %) | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
| 1 (50 %) | 0 (0 %) | 1 | 0 | 50 % | |
| 1 (50 %) | 1 (50 %) | 0 | 0 | 50 % | |
| 1 (50 %) | 1 (50 %) | 0 | 0 | 50 % | |
| 1 (50 %) | 1 (50 %) | 0 | 0 | 50 % |
The latest final votes, group by group
| Decision | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) 26 Mar 26 · adopted | Against | Against | Against | Against | For | For | For | For | For |
| Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit 23 Oct 25 · adopted | Abst. | For | For | For | For | Abst. | Against | Against | Against |