‘Send Them Back!’ Chants Echo Through the European Parliament Chamber

Had someone the ability and the intestinal fortitude to be a fly equipped with a teeny, tiny camera on Angela Merkel’s wall yesterday morning, there is no doubt in my mind they would have caught a time-lapse sequence of Merkel’s bucket gourd doing a 360° rotation akin to Linda Blair’s little head in The Exorcist.

Only, instead of the movie’s excruciatingly slow rotation, Merkel’s head would have been spinning at warp speed and threatening to fly off into the room.

I am sure the ex-German chancellor and architect of the current German immigration crisis never expected to hear the chamber of the august body of the European Parliament erupt in roaring anti-immigrant chants of ‘SEND THEM BACK! SEND THEM BACK!‘

Yesterday morning marked a watershed in Europe’s immigration saga.

Never thought I’d ever see the day the EU parliament chanted “Send them back”.

Europe has reached a clear turning point on migration. Public frustration with illegal immigration and failed deportations has now translated into decisive political action. pic.twitter.com/GTGYIs1zQW

— Alex Armstrong (@Alexarmstrong) June 17, 2026

The revamped rules for dealing with illegal ‘migrants,’ which have something called a ‘European Return Order’ attached to the new legislation, passed the Parliament vote with an overwhelming majority of 418 in favor and 218 against.

It wasn’t even close, and it’s a done deal now.

🚨🇪🇺BREAKING: EU PARLIAMENT ERUPTS

“SEND THEM BACK, SEND THEM BACK”

HUGE WIN FOR PATRIOTS

The EU has just voted 418-218 in favour of DEPORTING illegal migrants easier

Patriots chanted “SEND THEM BACK” while leftists returned with “SHAME ON YOU” pic.twitter.com/6MMtmGhbHH

— Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) June 17, 2026

Naturally, the socialists, communists, and immigration advocates, not to mention those on the non-governmental organization (NGO) dole (who stand to lose the most from immigrant numbers dropping), were horrified, ashamed, and really pissed off at all the racists.

Sadly but unsurprisingly, Irish Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) fought ferociously against the measures, even attempting to have the entire package rejected so it wouldn’t be voted on at all.

Thankfully, they were foiled.

Normal members who aren’t mentally handicapped celebrate. Irish government and opposition voted against it. Thankfully not every country as thick as Ireland.

— Paddy Popodopolus (@LordGamblore) June 18, 2026

Upset, nattering MEP AWFLs took time out to wag righteous fingers and chastise the unruly, undignified, and racist knuckle-draggers.

Left-wing MEPs are realising they are losing in Europe. This is only the start.

They should leave if they don’t like it. pic.twitter.com/cCYk7ixm1f

— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) June 18, 2026

The first woman in that video is a Swedish MEP, FYI.

Said the Iraqi born citizen of Sweden.
BTW, why do so many non-natives of Western countries keep getting elected to political office. pic.twitter.com/uUcKY1oKiM

— Eta Miraklo (@Eta_Miraklo) June 18, 2026

This is, without a doubt, the biggest EU policy shift since the overwhelming 2015 crisis. Sure, there have been squawks from countries like Germany and Italy, who attempt some sort of fix or workaround, only to have it slapped down by Brussels, either directly, through fiscal threats, or EU court actions. Then there are the smaller, Eastern Bloc countries that simply refused to buy in, like Hungary, which is paying dearly for not playing. Since 2025, that country, slapped with a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision, got hit with a historic €200 million fine and additional €1 million daily penalty until Hungary brings its immigration policies into full compliance.

To have the blessing of the EU Parliament means these countries, which want to (always important to remember) are clean and green across the board to begin to try to right the ship.

And the changes, when one has paid attention to the Byzantine EU rules favoring any immigrant over national sovereignty, are really striking.

Under the new rules, illegal immigrants will receive a formal return order and will generally be given up to 30 days to leave voluntarily.

Under the new regulation that will now apply identically across the bloc,  a person without the right to stay gets a “return decision”, normally with a window of up to 30 days to leave voluntarily.

According to the text, individuals must cooperate with authorities by providing identification and travel documents, biometric information, and contact details. They will also be required not to conceal, destroy, or falsify documents, and must not evade authorities.

To prevent illegal migrants from circumventing deportation orders by moving between member states, the legislation introduces a new “European Return Order”.

The standardised order will be recorded in the EU’s Schengen information systems, allowing authorities in one member state to recognise and enforce a deportation decision issued by another without having to restart the whole expulsion process.

One of the most debated elements of the package is the creation of so-called “return hubs”.

The mechanism allows EU countries to conclude agreements with non-EU states to facilitate returns, including through dedicated facilities located outside the Union.

Migrants may be transferred to a third country that is not their country of origin, provided that country is bound by agreements requiring respect for fundamental rights and the principle of non-refoulement.

So no longer will an illegal under a denied asylum or a deportation order in, say, Germany, be able to simply pack up, take advantage of the Schengen Zone mobility, and trot over to France, as has happened so often in cases where heinous crimes have been committed. The immigrant assailant, in many instances, has been found post-attack to have been under a deportation order in another European country and landed in the one where he committed his savagery, with no one the wiser until someone lay bleeding in a park or on a sidewalk.

The instance that springs to my mind immediately was the horrific knife attack on children in strollers and elderly folks in a French park by a Syrian who’d been denied asylum in Sweden. He still had his Swedish refugee papers, so he could bop around Europe however he chose. Thems tha #rulez or they were three years ago when this abomination occurred.

Now, in addition to the Return Rule, authorities can also search the homes of those to be deported who haven’t presented themselves. Before, as I’ve also posted about, law enforcement could only knock on a door and wait for an answer. They had to go away and try later if no one answered, or if someone appeared and said, ‘Abdul is not here.’

Seriously.

And they were confused about how to solve their problems?

Leftists tried to raise United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids as a bogeyman to scare off supporters of the changes.

…Beyond the return hubs, the new law also features a provision to search a “place of residence or other relevant premises” of irregular migrants, which NGOs and civil society compare to the notorious raids conducted by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Other provisions include longer detention periods, tougher entry bans and new powers to locate irregular migrants.

It raises the maximum legal detention period for irregular migrants waiting to be returned from six months to two years, with a possible six-month extension and an unlimited duration for persons considered as posing a security risk.

Entry bans would also become significantly stricter, rising from five to ten years in most cases, with the possibility of lifetime bans for those considered a security risk.

The legislation would also change the appeals process. Under current rules, deportations are automatically suspended while legal challenges are pending. The new law would end that automatic safeguard, leaving courts to decide on a case-by-case basis whether a return order should be suspended.

Oh, this has to be causing a major freakout, but it is so long overdue, and what has been happening is unsustainable from a European cultural standpoint.

The EU Parliament has just approved a critical migration reform, the strictest in decades: the new Return Regulation.

The changes are significant and signal a different approach to immigration:

– Authorities can now search private homes to locate people facing deportation
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— Alessandro Palombo (@thealepalombo) June 18, 2026

– Authorities can now search private homes to locate people facing deportation

– Detention can last up to 24 months, longer for security risks

– Entry bans can reach 10 years, potentially more for serious threats

– Appeals will no longer automatically suspend deportation; each case will be assessed individually

– A return order issued in one EU country is now recognized across the bloc, making it harder to evade enforcement by moving elsewhere

– States can establish “return hubs” outside the EU, expanding the Italy–Albania model across Europe

Supporters argue the current system is broken. For years, only around 20–30% of people ordered to leave the EU were actually returned, undermining the credibility of migration policy…

‘Europeans’ are very nearly at the point of no return, and might well be as individual national cultures in some countries.

Hard as it is to believe – and I know this is a poison pill for Von der Leyen and the Brahims to swallow – it is a sign that the Europeans themselves are still in there kicking.

And it’s another populist warning shot across the bow that the sacred cordon sanitaire separating the stuffy, righteous centrist parties from the rising populist tide is inexorably breaking down, even in the very beating heart of the EU.

…The vote confirmed the emergence of a right-leaning majority in Parliament on migration issues. The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) once again aligned with the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the far-right Patriots for Europe (PfE) and Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN).Several MEPs from the liberal Renew Europe group also back the bill.

The EPP continues to rule out formal cooperation with parties it considers too extreme, including the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and France’s National Rally. EPP leader Manfred Weber has repeatedly rejected the prospect of formal alliances with such forces.

But the EPP sees their votes as crucial for tougher migration legislation, creating an alternative majority to the traditional centrist coalition of the EPP, Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and Renew Europe.

Oh, my goodness.

Can they hear the people sing?

They’d better.

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