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Five EU countries team up to build return hubs outside Europe

Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Denmark and Greece are working together to build so-called facilities outside Europe to host irregular migrants who arrive in their territory, a sign of growing momentum for a contentious project.

Euronews

The US is dragging Europe back to the days of white supremacism. Our leaders are playing along

People like me were targets of the Islamophobia that gripped the west after the US-led ‘war on terror’. Now I fear a chilling sequel is on the way, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs

The Guardian - UK

Newsletter: EU leaders raise the stakes ahead of talks on economic revival

Also in this newsletter: EU officials express reservations over Spain's decision to regularise undocumented migrants, and why the EU wants to end the price cap on Russian oil.

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Exclusive: EU Commission balks at Sánchez’s regularisation of undocumented migrants

The decision by the Spanish government to provide legal status to about half a million undocumented migrants has raised severe disapproval in Brussels, according to officials who spoke with Euronews on condition of anonymity.

Euronews

EU to pursue ‘assertive diplomacy’ on migration using visas as leverage

The European Commission has presented its five-year stretegy on migration, which includes incentives for non-EU countries to cooperate in keeping irregular migrants outside the bloc.

Euronews

Chat Control: EU Commissioner backs Parliament line on targeted monitoring

As the trialogue negotiations are set to begin on Tuesday, December 9, the debate on the controversial Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) flares up.

TechRadar

EU to fight drug trafficking with drones and cutting-edge technologies

Warning of a "crisis point", the European Commission has announced an action plan against criminal traffickers, with a focus on innovation.

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EU Migration Commissioner: ‘We need the trust of the people back’

EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner sees the new Pact and Asylum and Migration on track to tackle an issue that has been feeding populism for many years. He also defends negotiating with the Taliban and initiatives to negotiate ‘return hubs’ with non-EU countries.

Euronews

EU must engage with Taliban on migration, EU Commissioner tells Euronews

The EU must talk to the Taliban about migration on a technical level, even if it is not "fun" or "easy", EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner told Euronews.

Euronews

Can any countries be exempted from their obligations under the EU's controversial migration pact?

One of the key questions around the Migration and Asylum Pact, adopted by the European Union in May 2024, is which countries will be able to avoid part of their obligations?

Euronews

EU has long engaged with Libya’s Haftar on ‘technical’ migration matters, sources tell Euronews

"Technical" discussions on migration have been ongoing for years between the European Commission and de facto representatives of eastern Libya, including General Khalifa Haftar's military staff. Recently, Brussels has started engaging with eastern Libya at a more political level.

Euronews

EU's digital border Entry and Exit system comes into effect across member states

European Union member states began implementing a new entry and exit system at their external borders on Sunday. The system involves the electronic registration of data of third-country nationals.

Euronews

Drone sightings overshadow Munich Migration Meeting

Germany's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced an EU roadmap, in which the EU border protection agency Frontex could play a central role in future.

Euronews

EU to replace passport stamps with digital checks from October

A new digital border system for travellers from outside the European Union will launch in October, almost a year later than planned. It will replace the need for passport stamps.

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Germany and EU allies push for ‘tougher, stricter’ asylum rules

Berlin calls itself ‘locomotive’ of European crackdown on immigration, expelling 81 Afghans before meeting.

Euronews

Exclusive: EU delegation ejected from Libya after diplomatic 'trap', source tells Euronews

A diplomatic row in Benghazi may have been part of a calculated move by Libya's Khalifa Haftar to pressure the EU into recognising the eastern government, a source familiar with the matter revealed to Euronews.

The Independent UK

EU migration delegation ordered deported from eastern Libya on alleged entry violations

Authorities in eastern Libya have refused entry to three European ministers and the EU commissioner for migration on alleged entry violations

Euronews

EU and Greece to press Libya on migrant crossings via Mediterranean as numbers surge

The UN refugee agency said that in 2021, 32,400 refugees and migrants had made the crossing from Libya to Europe, more than twice as many as in 2020.

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The Independent UK

Greece, EU to press Libya on migrant crossings as Mediterranean numbers surge

The European Union’s commissioner for migration says Europe will take a firmer stance with Libyan authorities following a rise in migrant crossings across the Mediterranean

Euronews

Syria will take back citizens trying to reach island by boat, Cyprus says

Human traffickers are cutting deals with local employers to bring in Syrians, according to Cyprus' deputy migration minister.

The Independent UK

The EU moves to fast-track asylum claims by migrants from 7 countries to speed deportation

The European Commission wants to fast-track asylum claims by people from seven nations

Radio France Internationale

EU migration reform raises prospect of controversial return hubs

The EU on Tuesday opened the way for member states to set up migrant return centres outside the bloc, in a highly contentious move following pressure from governments to facilitate deportations.

The Guardian - UK

EU plan to deport more people will lead to ‘prolonged detention’, say critics

European Commission draft includes orders for people to leave EU entirely and ‘return hubs’ to hold them outside bloc

The Independent UK

The EU wants to increase deportations and supports 'return hubs' in third countries

The European Union wants to increase deportations and is opening the way for “return hubs” to be set up in third countries for rejected asylum-seekers

The Independent UK

EU's migration commissioner in Athens for talks on migration pact, returns policy

Magnus Brunner, the European Union’s new commissioner for migration and internal affairs, is in Athens to discuss the bloc's migration policies with Greece, which has long been one of the major entry points into the EU for migrants

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