{"id":7182,"date":"2026-06-18T08:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=7182"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:45:27","slug":"eu-approves-deportation-rules-as-meloni-hails-historic-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/eu-approves-deportation-rules-as-meloni-hails-historic-win\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Approves Deportation Rules as Meloni Hails Historic Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <em>Il Giornale<\/em>, the regulation passed with 418 votes in favor, 218 against, and 30 abstentions, supported by the European People&#8217;s Party alongside right-wing forces. The new framework mandates that deportation orders require immediate departure or departure within a specified timeframe from the territory of the member state concerned. Migrants may be detained for up to 24 months under the provisions, and the regulation permits the transfer of migrants, excluding unaccompanied minors, to deportation centers located in third countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Giorgia Meloni<\/strong> declared the vote a historic success for Italy while attending the G7 summit in Evian. In a video posted to social media, the Italian premier emphasized that the regulation represents the fruit of her government&#8217;s work and enables swift deportation of those without legal standing to remain in the European Union.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"position:relative;display:block;margin:1.4em 0;max-width:100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1772660266-ilgiornale-2026030422372440.jpg\" alt=\"Via libera dell&#039;Ue al regolamento rimpatri. Meloni: &quot;Provvedimento storico, \u00e8 la strada del modello Albania&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-7179\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1772660266-ilgiornale-2026030422372440.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1772660266-ilgiornale-2026030422372440-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1772660266-ilgiornale-2026030422372440-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption style=\"display:block;font-size:12px;color:#666;font-style:italic;margin-top:5px;padding:0;text-align:left;\">Photo: ilgiornale.it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new regulation explicitly allows member states to establish deportation centers in third countries, effectively validating the pathway pioneered by Meloni&#8217;s government through its controversial agreement with Albania. The Italian leader noted that this innovative solution faced fierce opposition from left-wing forces both in Italy and across Europe, but has now become an instrument available to the entire European Union.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"it\">Oggi l\u2019Italia ha ottenuto un grande successo: il Parlamento europeo ha approvato il nuovo Regolamento europeo sui rimpatri. Un provvedimento storico che consente di rimpatriare velocemente chi non ha titolo a stare nell\u2019Unione europea. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DZoxkoATtK\" data-datalayer-click-event-target=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/DZoxkoATtK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GiorgiaMeloni\/status\/2067208676444602669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-datalayer-click-event-target=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meloni framed the vote as vindication of her administration&#8217;s comprehensive immigration strategy, which she summarized as defending borders, drastically reducing migrant arrivals by sea, combating human traffickers, and immediately deporting those without legal residency rights. She stated her government had promised Italians it would change Europe and has delivered on that commitment with courage, patience, and determination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tommaso Foti<\/strong>, Italy&#8217;s Minister for European Affairs, issued a statement declaring an end to what he characterized as years of open-door policies promoted by left-wing political forces in Italy and Europe. Foti argued that for too long, the burden of irregular immigration fell almost exclusively on Italy, left alone to defend the external borders of the Union while Brussels provided ideological lectures and few concrete solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The minister credited Meloni&#8217;s determination with returning citizen security, respect for rules, and border defense to the center of the European agenda. He asserted that the European Union is now choosing to address migration with greater pragmatism, following a line Italy has supported for years and finally assuming shared responsibility and solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lara Magoni<\/strong>, a member of the European Parliament representing Fratelli d&#8217;Italia within the European Conservatives and Reformists group, celebrated the vote as a fundamental passage and historic result for Europe. She characterized the regulation as finally addressing one of the main weaknesses in European Union migration policy: the effective execution of deportations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/video\/embed\/2680266.html\" class=\"ilg_video_embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" allow=\"fullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed di un video correlato\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>EU Migration Commissioner <strong>Magnus Brunner<\/strong> welcomed the Parliamentary vote on social media, describing it as an important step toward putting the European house in order.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"position:relative;display:block;margin:1.4em 0;max-width:100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1747724417-azbpsq4jdg86qgewa-ya-mianews-1.jpeg\" alt=\"I cittadini di Milano hanno diritto al sonno\" class=\"wp-image-7180\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1747724417-azbpsq4jdg86qgewa-ya-mianews-1.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1747724417-azbpsq4jdg86qgewa-ya-mianews-1-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption style=\"display:block;font-size:12px;color:#666;font-style:italic;margin-top:5px;padding:0;text-align:left;\">Photo: ilgiornale.it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The regulation&#8217;s passage represents a clear shift in European migration policy toward enforcement and border control, validating the approach advocated by conservative governments and marking a departure from previous frameworks that critics argued facilitated irregular migration without adequate mechanisms for removal of those denied asylum or residency status.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/ilgiornale.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Il Giornale<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Parliament approved new deportation regulations for illegal immigrants with 418 votes, allowing up to 24-month detentions and third-country centers, a victory for Italian PM Meloni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":7181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[4781,485,159,7239,900,2699,191],"nfg_topic":[134],"class_list":["post-7182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-deportation-policy","tag-european-parliament","tag-european-union","tag-g7-evian","tag-giorgia-meloni","tag-immigration","tag-italy","nfg_topic-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7334,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182\/revisions\/7334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7182"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=7182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}