在欧盟境外设立移民遣返中心一事进展“非常顺利”。丹麦周四（10月1日）表示，欧盟各国内政部长当天在卢森堡会晤，讨论进一步加大遣返力度的办法。
migrant return hubs outside the European Union is progressing "very well", Denmark said on Thursday (Oct 1) as the bloc's home affairs ministers met in Luxembourg to discuss further ways to boost deportations.
丹麦与奥地利、希腊、德国和荷兰一道，一直在研究设立此类移民遣返中心的各种方案。
Denmark - along with Austria, Greece, Germany and the Netherlands - has been exploring options to set up such migrant centres.
丹麦内政大臣莫滕·博兹科夫在与另外四个国家的 colleagues 举行会谈后抵达欧盟会议现场。他对记者说：“说到遣返中心，相关工作进展非常顺利。”他说：“我们正在朝正确的方向迈进。”但他没有透露更多细节。
"When it comes to return hubs it's progressing very well," Danish interior minister Morten Bodskov told reporters, arriving at the EU meeting after holding talks with colleagues from the other four nations working on the issue. "We are moving in the right direction," he said without providing further details.
德国的亚历山大·多布林特表示，各方已进行了“初步”会谈，但拒绝透露涉及哪些国家。他说，要确保任何协议都能经受住可能提起的诉讼，还需做更多工作。
Germany's Alexander Dobrindt said there were "preliminary" talks but declined to say which countries were involved. More work was needed to make sure any agreement would withstand possible lawsuits, he said.
他说：“这些协议旨在实现长期可持续。”不过，他仍希望能在年底前敲定首份协议。
"These agreements are meant to be sustainable in the long term," he said, adding that he was nevertheless hopeful that a first deal could be sealed by the end of the year.
卢森堡此次会谈正值反移民政党在整个欧盟范围内声势走高之际，上月德国极右翼政党取得的成果便是一例。
The Luxembourg talks come with anti-immigration parties riding high across the bloc, as evidenced by far-right gains in Germany last month.
欧盟各国部长最终批准了更为严格的新移民规则，允许设立遣返中心，并赋予当局范围更广的拘留权。欧盟表示，这项法规将在未来数周内生效。“黑洞”会议议程包括讨论与“优先”非欧盟国家开展“加强合作”，以便遣返无权在欧盟境内居留的人员。
EU ministers gave final approval to tougher new migration rules allowing for the creation of return hubs and granting authorities much broader detention powers. The regulation is to enter into force in the coming weeks, the EU said. "BLACK HOLES" The meeting agenda included discussion on using "enhanced cooperation" with "priority" non-EU countries for returns of people with no right to stay in the bloc.
欧盟移民事务负责人马格努斯·布鲁纳表示，重点关注巴基斯坦和孟加拉国，称两国是移民前往欧洲路线的主要起点。
EU migration chief Magnus Brunner said the focus was on Pakistan and Bangladesh, which he said were the main starting points for migration routes to Europe.
移民随后会取道海湾地区和埃及抵达利比亚，再从那里乘船试图穿越地中海。他说：“我们必须从非常早期的阶段就开始参与其中。”
People would then make their way through the Gulf and Egypt to Libya, from where many attempt to cross the Mediterranean by boat. "We have to start getting engaged at a very early stage," he said.
支持者称，遣返中心既可作为最终目的地，也可作为被驱逐者的中转中心，有助于推动遣返，并对潜在的非法移民形成威慑。
Proponents say return hubs - which would serve either as the final destination or as transfer centres for those expelled - could facilitate repatriations and act as a deterrent for would-be irregular migrants.
但批评者质疑其有效性，指出类似项目面临重重障碍，并将其比作“法律黑洞”，可能导致移民陷入无处可去的境地，且几乎不受监管。
But critics question their effectiveness, pointing to the hurdles faced by similar projects and likening them to "legal black holes" that could see migrants stranded in limbo with little oversight.
英国曾放弃将无证移民遣送至卢旺达的计划，而由意大利运营、用于处理移民事务的阿尔巴尼亚设施则面临法律挑战，且使用率较低。
Britain abandoned a scheme to deport undocumented migrants to Rwanda, while Italian-run facilities to process migrants in Albania have faced legal challenges and a slow uptake.
希腊移民部长塔诺斯·普莱夫里斯本周表示，该国计划于2027年在某个非洲国家开设一家中心。他称，该国“我们已经达成协议”，但目前尚不能公布名称。卢旺达选项？
This week Greek migration minister Thanos Plevris said his country was aiming to open a centre in 2027 in an African country "that we have already agreed on" but could not yet be named. RWANDAN OPTION?
欧盟绿党 group's两名欧洲议员周三表示，卢旺达官员告诉他们，卢旺达正与五个欧盟国家进行谈判。
Two European lawmakers from the Greens group said Wednesday that officials in Rwanda had told them they were negotiating with the five EU countries.
安娜·斯特罗伦贝赫和蒂内克·斯特里克曾前往卢旺达及邻国乌干达进行考察，两人以人权及其他原因反对设立遣返中心。
Lawmakers Anna Strolenberg and Tineke Strik, who went on an exploratory mission to Rwanda and neighbouring Uganda, oppose return hubs over human rights and other concerns.
“最先达成协议的国家很可能是卢旺达。”荷兰议员斯特罗伦贝赫在一场线上新闻发布会上说。
"Most likely the first country that a deal will be struck with is Rwanda," Strolenberg, a Dutch parliamentarian, told a virtual press conference.
在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普力推的一项类似但备受争议的美国移民计划下，卢旺达是接收来自美国的移民的多个非洲国家之一。
Rwanda is among a number of African countries that have received migrants from the United States under a similar contested US immigration scheme championed by President Donald Trump.
卢森堡举行的这次会谈，是欧盟部长们自今年夏天大量移民涌入西班牙飞地休达、考验欧洲边境安全并引发西班牙与对移民持强硬立场的意大利之间外交争执以来，首次举行的线下会议。
The talks in Luxembourg were EU ministers' first in-person meeting since this summer's migrant rush to Spain's exclave of Ceuta tested European border security and triggered a diplomatic spat between Spain and migration hardliner Italy.
西班牙预计将介绍其北非领地局势的最新情况，与会者还将讨论如何预防和处理未来可能出现的类似危机。
Spain was expected to provide an update on the situation in its northern African territory, with discussions also to focus on proposals to prevent and manage similar crises in the future.
欧盟领导人乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩本月表示，欧盟委员会将提出一项紧急工具，以帮助各国更好地应对大规模移民潮，不过具体细节仍有待确定。
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said this month the European Commission will propose an emergency tool for countries to better deal with mass migration movements, although details are yet to be defined.
同样，相关工作将旨在改善欧洲的预警系统，目前正在讨论的方案包括加强欧盟边境机构Frontex的授权，使其能够开展社交媒体监测。
Work is similarly going to improve Europe's early warning system with plans under discussion including reinforcing the mandate of the bloc's border agency Frontex to conduct social media monitoring.