migrationpolicy
Member states have until June 2026 to implement the first EU migration pact, aimed at harmonising border procedures and systems for handling irregular migrants arriving on EU territory. How will it be implemented by EU member states? Will implementation respect human rights and what political problems are associated with the legislation? Radio Schuman discussed the most sensitive aspects of the new EU migration policy with Federica Toscano, senior policy advisor at Save the Children Europe. We also take a quick look at another law under construction: the AI Act which entered into force on 1 Au...
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"We should all be more Finnish when it comes to security." This is how Ursula von der Leyen has described the Nordic nation's ability to deal with Russia and manage their shared 1,340-kilometre border. These skills have been tried and tested since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, fanning a collective sense of urgency across the European Union's Eastern flank. The European Commission president invoked the same phrase in April when she visited Lappeenranta, a small city near the border, accompanied by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo. In a joint press point, von der Leyen firmly condem...
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After eight years of negotiations, the European Union has finally agreed on a new set of rules under the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. However, instead of providing real-time solutions, this freshly agreed Pact seems to exacerbate existing problems. Designed to establish a more coordinated and unified approach to handling migration and asylum across the EU, the New Pact ironically overlooks the crucial role of cities, which are at the forefront of providing essential services and integration policies for migrants. Integration happens at the local level. Despite the continuous political dan...
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The Netherlands has a new government and, with it, new ideas. Dick Schoof, a 67-year-old independent, has taken over as prime minister, backed by a coalition of four parties: the far-right, nationalist PVV; the conservative-liberal VVD; the populist, pro-farmers BBB; and the upstart, centre-right NSC. Due to the PVV's dominant weight in the unexpected alliance, their joint programme comes with a strong focus on migration, a hot-button issue that caused the collapse of the previous government and dominated last year's electoral cycle. The agreement spells out an exhaustive string of proposals t...
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Overwhelmed by a major increase in migrants seeking asylum in recent years, Cyprus is struggling to process their cases. While waiting for their legal status to be determined, most asylum seekers live well below the poverty line, and many rely on charity. "I am suffering with health issues. Because of that, I am not able to have a normal life and I'm just a single mom," an asylum seeker from Afghanistan told Euronews. "God forbid anything was to happen to me. Who is going to take care of my son? He's underage." Most asylum seekers live well below the poverty line. Many ended up on the Mediterr...
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The European Union and Serbia have signed an operational cooperation agreement on border management with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex). Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson and Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Ivica Dacic signed the deal in Belgrade, meaning Frontex can now work with Serbia more closely. Johansson stressed the importance of Serbia as a partner in managing migration routes. On her third visit to Serbia, she praised the good cooperation between Serbian border police and Frontex in fighting crime, migrant smuggling and irregula...
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ordered Hungary to pay a lump sum of €200 million over the country's long-standing restrictions on asylum law. Additionally, Hungary will have to pay €1 million per day of delay. The money will be automatically subtracted from Hungary's allocated share of the EU budget, parts of which remain frozen over similar legal problems. The failure to "fulfill obligations constitutes an unprecedented and exceptionally serious breach of EU law," the ECJ said in a press release. The dispute dates back to December 2020, when the court first ruled that Hungary, under ...
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German chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed on Thursday to deport criminals convicted of serious crimes back to their home countries, including high-risk ones such as Syria and Afghanistan. “Such criminals should be deported — even if they come from Syria and Afghanistan. Serious criminals and terrorist threats have no place here," Scholz said in a speech made to the Bundestag. He added that Germany's Federal Ministry of the Interior was already looking for ways to legally implement his remarks into policy, saying, "Germany's interest in security outweighs the perpetrator's interest in protection." Th...
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With 24 hours to go before elections, Radio Schuman sat down with Fabrice Leggeri, the former Executive Director of the EU border agency Frontex, to discuss his surprising new role with the French far-right National Rally and the implications for the upcoming European elections. We dive into the contentious issues of migrant pushbacks, in particular the evidence by the European anti-Fraud Office (Olaf) about his involvement in such practices at EU borders, and the the EU’s migration pact. We also explored pre-election silence rules across Europe. Radio Schuman is hosted and produced by Maïa de...
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The European Union is counting down to the upcoming European Parliament elections, set to take place from June 6th to 9th. Our journalists, who have been closely monitoring European developments, now offer insights into what is at stake for the election, drawing from their observations of current affairs. What are the biggest issues ahead for the EU?Jack Schickler, Finance correspondent: "The rising cost of living is going to be one of the big issues people care about when they go to the ballot in June. We did a poll of people across Europe and two thirds of them said that tackling rising pric...
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