http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/d7e9783f1168db17 https://verfassungsblog.de/not-a-return-rather-an-abduction/ Not a Return, Rather an Abduction Schmalz, Dana eng 2026-06-26 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Authoritarian Populism Migration migration law Regulation return Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 17 June 2026, the European Parliament approved the new so-called Return Regulation with the backing of conservative and far-right groups. Only the Council's final approval is now pending. Under the Regulation, people may be forcibly transferred to a country they have never known or even set foot in. By any ordinary understanding of the term, this has nothing to do with a "return." It bears a much closer resemblance to what most people would call abduction.