Overview

• Kosovo’s acting government approved on June 11 the temporary relocation of up to 50 migrants deported from the United States over a one-year period to facilitate their eventual return home.
• Spokesman Perparim Kryeziu said migrants may be selected from a proposed list based on criteria tied to rule of law and public order before being moved to Kosovo.
• The US has engaged multiple Balkan nations as part of a broader deportation push that follows a Supreme Court decision allowing revocation of temporary legal status for hundreds of thousands of migrants.
• Earlier discussions with the UK explored setting up return centers in Kosovo for asylum seekers rejected in Britain as part of London’s effort to outsource migration processing.
• Human Rights Watch cautioned that using Balkan countries to host migrants could violate rights and Kosovo’s economic needs have driven debate over potential financial benefits from such agreements.