Bulletin 9

“We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.”

- Chinua Achebe

This bulletin is also available in PDF format.

Border management

Member states hash out anti-smuggling punishments for transport companies /// EU wants commercial airlines to police migrant smuggling /// Frontex reports activities for second half of 2024 /// Frontex fundamental rights officer reports multiple cases of violent collective expulsions in 2024 /// EU travel authorisation system: “low overall progress” on data protection /// More than 225 European officials deployed in “key route” countries

Budgets and funding

EU budget proposals: more external migration control, less democratic scrutiny /// EU-funded Libyan Coast Guard fires “hundreds of rounds” on humanitarian NGO ship /// Joint Valletta Action Plan follow-up launches dashboard and data browser

Deportation and readmission

Outgoing Polish presidency urges “every effort” to speed up deportations /// Member states comment on proposed deportation law /// EU doubling down on “reintegration” programmes /// Launch date for Entry/Exit System announced

Migration partnerships

Document offers insights on extensive EU cooperation with African states /// Externalisation working party discusses future migration from Central Asia /// Externalisation working party to discuss situation in Turkey, Syria and Afghanistan /// The moment is “timely” to think about climate migration, says outgoing presidency /// Mauritanian MP backing mass expulsions joins EP committee hearing

Jurisprudence updates

ECtHR clears Italy of responsibility in 2017 Libya pullbacks and deaths

Other

Moving borders with history: new ways of thinking about border externalisation

 

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