BRUSSELS, May 20 (Rewritten) — In a landmark meeting held Friday in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, all 46 member states of the Council of Europe have formally adopted a non-binding political declaration that reinterprets the landmark European Convention on Human Rights for migration-related cases, including a controversial provision that explicitly allows member states to establish deportation processing centers, officially called return hubs, in non-member third countries. The agreement comes as growing political pressure from right-wing and conservative national governments across the continent has pushed for stricter, more enforceable measures to curb irregular migration and streamline cross-border deportation processes.
Dozens of European nations sign off on new interpretation of rights convention in migration cases
