Europe to open new routes to deport migrants

Interior ministers of European Union member states have agreed significantly tighter rules to send failed asylum seekers to so-called hubs outside the 27-member bloc, marking a turn toward a harsher approach to the contentious issue of migration. The new proposals, which require approval by the European Parliament, would allow member nations to come to agreements with non-EU countries to act as return hubs, and were described by EU migration commissioner Magnus Brunner as "a turning point in...