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Here on Lampedusa, the crisis we face alone is a humanitarian one – not a migrant invasion

Thousands of desperate people have arrived, yet hostile Italian and EU leaders offer no help – to them or to islanders, writes former mayor of Lampedusa Giusi Nicolini

The Guardian - UK

EU to start releasing money to Tunisia under migration pact

The European Union is set to ‘swiftly’ disburse 127 million euros as part of a July deal to halt irregular migration.

Al Jazeera

European Commission announces €127m aid to Tunisia to reduce migration as rescue groups warn of death toll at sea – as it happened

Commission says it is ‘cracking down’ on smuggling networks as NGOs say more assistance is needed from Europe’s leaders

The Guardian - UK

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Europe is sleepwalking into a far-right trap. Who will sound the alarm?

Across the EU, once-taboo ideas are becoming mainstream, as refugees and Muslims are demonised. But change is still possible, says Brussels-based commentator Shada Islam

The Guardian - UK

‘She plays the moderate but winks at those who are not’: the many faces of Giorgia Meloni

After almost a year in power critics of Italy’s PM say nobody should be fooled: those giving her plaudits have forgotten her past

The Guardian - UK

The EU’s anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles is a risky strategy that may backfire

In her State of the Union address on 13 September, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced a new anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles (EVs) from China, claiming that the market is being flooded by cheap imports at prices that are kept artificially low by “huge state subsidies”. The…

The Conversation

Idea of green growth losing traction among climate policy researchers, survey of nearly 800 academics reveals

When she took to the floor to give her State of the Union speech on 13 September, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen largely stood by the script. Describing her vision of an economically buoyant and sustainable Europe in the era of climate change, she called on the EU…

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Giorgia Meloni: I won’t allow Italy to become Europe’s refugee camp

Prime minister says Italy ‘under incredible pressure’ from large number of arrivals from north Africa

The Guardian - UK

Ten years after tragedy, tiny Lampedusa at centre of migration crisis again

More than 11,000 people have landed on the island in recent days – a decade on from when hundreds were killed in a shipwreck

The Guardian - UK

France to support Italy in 'securing its border' against illegal migrants

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin visited Rome on Monday to discuss migration, after a week of mass arrivals on the Italian island of Lampedusa forced a European-wide response.

Radio France Internationale

Italy cracks down on migrants as Meloni calls for a naval blockade off North Africa

The measures approved by the Cabinet focused on migrants who don't qualify for asylum and are slated to be repatriated to their home countries.

WEKU

Amid migration crisis, Italy set to pass stricter measures on arrivals

Last week, almost 10,000 people arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

Al Jazeera

Italy mulls new migrant crackdown as talk turns to naval blockade to prevent launching of boats

The Italian Cabinet is meeting to adopt new measures to crack down on migration

The Independent UK

EU states expressed ‘incomprehension’ at Tunisia migration pact, says Borrell

Foreign affairs chief in clash with Ursula von der Leyen as he issues broadside against ‘unilateral action’

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Al Jazeera

EU chief promises ‘action plan’ as Italy sees surge of asylum seekers

EU chief empahsises need for surveillance via sea and land as Italian island of Lampedusa reports record arrivals.

The Guardian - UK

Italian PM warns migration an issue for all of Europe on Lampedusa visit

Far-right Giorgia Meloni says crisis cannot be ‘just resolved within Italian borders’ on visit to island where 8,500 arrived in days

Radio France Internationale

EU vows emergency plan for Italy after surge in migrant arrivals

The European Union presented Sunday an emergency plan for Italy to help it handle migrant arrivals after a record number of people landed on its island of Lampedusa over the past week.

The Independent UK

EU and Italian leaders tour tiny Lampedusa as tensions rise over surge in migrant arrivals

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Sunday toured a migrant center on Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa that was overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 arrivals in a 24-hour period this week

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The Independent UK

Top EU official heads to an Italian island struggling with migrant influx as Italy toughens stance

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to travel on Sunday to the Italian island of Lampedusa amid an influx of migrants who arrived this week

France 24

EU’s von der Leyen announces plan to address migrant crisis during Lampedusa visit

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of irregular migrants and a crackdown on the “brutal business” of migrant smuggling Sunday during a visit with Italy's premier to a tiny fishing island overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 arrivals in a single day this week.

France 24

'If Europe wants long-term security, it needs to enlarge': EU Commissioner Várhelyi

Enlargement of the European Union was one of the priorities outlined by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the Union speech on September 13th, and it is likely to become an ever more pressing issue over the next few years. After the speech, Talking Europe sat…

France 24

Decoding the State of the EU speech: Commission chief outlines priorities for key election year

It is time for Europe's September ritual – the State of the Union speech. It has been a highlight of the EU agenda for the last 13 years. Every year, the president of the European Commission sets out his or her priorities to the plenary session of the EU parliament.…

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: Kim Jong-un visits Putin for arms-for-tech talks while Kyiv urges west for longer-range missiles to aid counteroffensive

Vladimir Putin spent a few pleasant hours this week with one of his friends and allies – an increasingly exclusive club these days. Putin met up with North Korea’s supreme leader, Respected Comrade Kim Jong-un, who rode his armoured train 20 hours to the Vostochny space centre in the remote…

The Guardian - UK

MEPs refused entry to Tunisia two months after signing of migration deal

Trip by foreign affairs committee blocked with no reason given, raising questions about country’s partnership with EU

The Conversation

The signs that the EU has completely changed its perspective on adding new members since Russia invaded Ukraine

In her annual address on the state of the European Union, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has given her strongest signal yet of the intention to add Ukraine and other nations as member states. Her speech was the latest sign that Brussels is thinking completely differently about EU enlargement…

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