Greece approves quicker migrant returns, aims to set up return hubs

Greece’s parliament approved legislation late on Tuesday to fast-track deportation of rejected asylum seekers and allow their transfer to “return hubs” outside the bloc once bilateral agreements are reached with third countries.

Greece – Europe’s southernmost country in the Mediterranean and a main entry point for migrants – was on the front line of a 2015-16 crisis when more than a million people from the Middle East and Africa crossed into Europe....