European Union talks on a migration reform to create 'return hubs' outside the bloc resumed on Thursday after breaking off without a deal on Wednesday.
The proposed reform aims to tighten immigration rules and improve the repatriation system, which currently sees only about 20 percent of people ordered to leave being returned to their country of origin.
The measures have been criticized by human rights groups, who argue that they will trap more people in precarious situations and cause harm to migrants and the communities that welcome them.
However, a group of countries, including Denmark, Austria, Greece, Germany, and the Netherlands, has expressed support for the proposals, which include the opening of centres outside the EU's borders to which migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected could be sent.
The European Commission has also invited Taliban officials to Brussels for talks on returning migrants to Afghanistan, a move that has raised practical and ethical concerns.
