Europe’s leaders begin a two-day summit in Brussels today with illegal immigration - namely how to stop it dominating the agenda. News broke earlier this week that the EU was considering deporting migrants outside of the bloc to be processed in a plan that echoed Sunak’s controversial Rwanda-scheme.

European Union leaders on Thursday discussed potential migrant return hubs outside the bloc and other approaches as capitals take increasingly restrictive positions. Building camps outside the EU for migrants with no right to stay in the bloc was "not trivial,

Migration was at the top of the agenda as EU leaders met in Brussels on Thursday, with most governments keen to display a tough stance after hard-right gains in several