Editorial: El País

• The European community discourse on irregular immigration has been dramatically more restrictive within a year.
• The proposal from the European Commission to create deportation centers outside of the Union's borders disregards human rights.
• The letter sent by Ursula von der Leyen to European leaders ultimately ends the Migration and Asylum Pact that had been reached in December 2023.
• European politics has seen a significant shift towards the right and populism, evident in series of recent elections.
• Italy's plan to deport immigrants to a new internment center in Albania will be critical for future European immigration policy.
• The Spanish government and its allies oppose the change in immigration policy, seeing in it a worrying criminalization of irregular immigration.

Conclusion: The hardening of European discourse on irregular immigration reveals a tough stance that does not address underlying problems, and is polluted by populism and inhumanity.

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