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Newsletter: Ukraine tensions and the Taliban question

In today's newsletter: All eyes are on Berlin to see if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk can resolve tensions between the capitals, and further questions loom regarding a meeting between the European Commission and the Taliban on Tuesday.

Euronews

Migrant rights will be safeguarded at third-country return hubs, EU migration commissioner says

The European Union’s migration commissioner says the bloc’s executive arm will monitor any agreement to set up so-called return hubs in non-EU countries so that the rights of rejected asylum seekers sent there are protected

The Independent UK

What to know about the EU's new migration and asylum reforms as they come into effect

The bloc’s new migration rules take effect on Friday after months of political wrangling. Here are the changes that are now in force.

Euronews

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How EU countries watered down 'solidarity' plans to relocate asylum seekers

A new migration law introducing "mandatory solidarity" has been all but circumvented by the EU's member states, who will relocate fewer than 9,000 asylum seekers this year – even after the annual minimum was set at 30,000.

Euronews

‘Human dignity’ and ‘international law’ sit at the core of the EU's migration overhaul, Brunner says

Exclusive: The European Union's new migration and asylum pact takes effect on Friday, and in the run up to the overhaul, the EU’s migration chief Magnus Brunner said he spoke about migration to Pope Leo, a defender of liberal asylum policies.

Euronews

Newsletter: EU’s historic migration overhaul enters into force

In this newsletter: Exclusive interviews with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and the European Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner.

Euronews

No option but to talk to Taliban about migrant returns, EU's migration commissoner says

EU countries received about a million asylum applications filed by Afghans between 2013-2024, according to the bloc's data agency.

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Newsletter: A historic, hardline shift in EU migration policy

Also in this newsletter: Denmark's Mette Frederiksen holds on, Magyar sets off to Berlin and Paris, and former Lebanese deputy PM speaks live to Europe Today.

Euronews

EU reaches deal on migrant deportation centres

The European Union has cleared the way for the establishment of deportation centres outside the bloc.

AAP

EU greenlights controversial return hubs in 'strictest-ever' new migration law

A new EU law will allow migrant return hubs outside the bloc and home searches in a bid to crack down on irregular migration. Civil society groups point to a “xenophobic" turn in EU politics.

Euronews

EU migrant repatriations on the rise, but which countries are carrying out the most explusions?

Numbers are going down for both immigrants and asylum seekers, while repatriation orders are increasing, with Germany, France and Sweden on top.

Euronews

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.

TechRadar

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.

Euronews

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.

Radio France Internationale

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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