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Earlier in June, the EU was finally introducing stricter border entry rules to the 27-nation bloc, reacting to concerns raised over illegal immigration by President Donald Trump and many European voters.
The European Union agreed to new, strict rules regarding migration and asylum. The laws are specifically designed to ensure that illegal/undocumented migrants entering the bloc are processed and, where necessary, immediately sent to deportation centers in countries outside the EU.
Asylum seekers will be subject to identity, security and health checks before they enter any asylum system. Border officials will now track and record non-EU citizens entering and exiting the bloc. Also, it will use biometric data like fingerprint and facial recognition. And all member countries must now help each other and share information.
The provisional deal struck by the EU’s three main institutions is expected to go to EU lawmakers and governments, where approval is expected, the Associated Press reported.
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The men, mostly illegal migrants, were gathered by Greek coast guard officers after they disembarked from a cargo ship in the port of Lavrio, south of Athens, on July 10, 2025. The migrants were redirected from Crete, where more than 2,000 have arrived from Libya in recent days, sparking anger among local authorities and tourism operators. (Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)
Alan Mendoza, founder and executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital that “the demographics of the EU are changing the culture of Europe. We are now having to deal with people who are not integrating with local customs.”
While Britain is not part of the EU, he said, “Britain’s efforts are behind the new EU rules,” noting that the country “has not succeeded in creating offshore migrant holding centers that would ensure Britain would not be seen as having a soft touch.”
Illegal migrants try to board smugglers’ boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the Gravelines beach in northern France on September 27, 2025. (Samir al-Doumi/AFP via Getty Images)
Other experts say the longer it takes countries to fix the problem, the harder it will be to deal with. Some people say it’s already too late.
While the working men and women of Europe have seen the problems of illegal immigration clearly for years, their leaders are only getting the message.
President Donald Trump delivers a speech to the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2025. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump told world leaders during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last year about the damage caused by the flood of undocumented migrants into Europe. He said, “You are destroying your countries.” “Europe is in grave crisis; they have been invaded by a force of illegal aliens the likes of which no one has ever seen before.”
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Migrants from Tunisia and Libya arrive on an Italian coast guard boat at Pelagi Island off Lampedusa, Italy, August 1, 2020. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images)
Just last week, Vice President JD Vance commented on the stabbing of an 18-year-old British man who was stabbed to death.
In part, Vance posted, “Henry Novak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared about him, and accused him of hate crimes he didn’t commit. His murder is as tragic as it is infuriating. He should still be alive today, and he would have if the last few generations of European elites had been spared the politics of self-hatred and mass invasions of immigrants. Many of whom are disgusted by the West and those who love it.”
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth also referenced the topic during a speech to commemorate D-Day in France over the weekend. “Sadly, today, various European beaches have been attacked by various dangerous ideologies. Beaches, boats and people come to Spain and Italy and Greece and Bulgaria. When will the European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late? I pray not, and I do not believe it,” he said.
Elsewhere in the EU, Spain has split from the rest of the bloc over its new stance on undocumented immigration. The country decided to legalize five lakh undocumented immigrants.
A migrant walks through a temporary settlement in Badalona, Spain, on December 26, 2025, where migrants evacuated from a former high school last week are camping outside in the middle of winter. (Bruna Casas/Reuters)
“When undocumented migrants come, they get papers, and they get social security,” Javier Negre, owner of La Derecha Diario newspaper, told Fox News Digital. He says that most of the efforts to send migrants home have been done through non-governmental organizations. “NGOs were big businesses and encouraged illegal immigration,” he says.
Another problem is that many undocumented migrants choose not to integrate in their new place of residence. “They don’t have the same values,” Negre said. Commenting on the increase in crimes he said, “We import a lot of people, and some realize they can steal iPhones and wallets.”
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Critics of this move came mostly from the European left and NGOs. Melissa Camara of the French Green Party said the deal was “a historic blow” to human rights in the bloc, the Associated Press reported.
He said, “The legalization of return hubs outside the EU, the green light for the detention of minors, home visits inspired by ICE practices: the legal arsenal serving xenophobic ideology is now complete.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
