Revealed: The African Countries Being Considered for EU Deportation Centres
24th June 2026
European governments are already drawing up plans to send rejected asylum seekers to deportation centres in Africa and Central Asia after Brussels last week approved a major overhaul of EU migration rules. The move marks a significant shift for an EU that spent years resisting many of the same ideas now being promoted by member states.
The first of these offshore deportation centers—known in Brussels jargon as “return hubs”—could soon be built in Rwanda and Uzbekistan, according to diplomats who spoke to Politico.
The development marks a remarkable shift in European migration policy. Just a few years ago, Denmark’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was fiercely criticised across Europe, while Italy’s attempt to process migrants in Albania became the target of repeated legal challenges. Today, governments across the EU are exploring similar arrangements for rejected asylum seekers.
At this stage, the member states reportedly in talks with the Rwandan and Uzbek governments include Denmark, Austria, Greece, Germany, and the Netherlands, but others may soon join them as well. Their goal is to have these facilities up and running as early as next year.
June 24th, 2026 at 10:54
MORE than anything, ask why. Why now? What changed? Who gave the order, what was the trigger? Something shifted, absolutely… they’ve known we didn’t want them all along, that’s not it. I’ll agree, we’re closer to over-throwing them than ever before, but I don’t think that’s it either? I can see it being a feint. Let them talk about it make plans, there’s a rug-pull in the works that will put the kibosh on the whole topic, so this will help distract us while they setup the rug-pull.