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The return of illegally-staying third-country nationals is one of the main pillars of the EU’s policy on
migration and asylum. However, recent Eurostat data show that return rates at EU level have not
improved despite the important increase in the number of rejected asylum applications and in the
number of return decisions issued since 2014. In its 2015 EU Action Plan on Return and subsequently in
its 2017 Communication on a more effective return policy and the accompanying Recommendation, the
Commission emphasised the need for a stronger enforcement of EU rules on return in order to increase
the overall effectiveness of the EU’s return policy. The EMN conducted this study with the purpose of
investigating good practices and challenges in Member States’ application of EU rules on return and
equivalent standards.
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