“He at that time was no longer just an ordinary, low, coarse henchman; by then he wore a uniform and it might have even had a ribbon or a marking of some kind to show that he had been properly cruel and unkind to people who did not deserve it.”
- Jamaica Kincaid, The Autobiography of My Mother
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Council discusses radical expansion of Frontex mandate /// Member states debate interoperability in digital border systems
Few surprises in latest ‘safe third country’ proposal /// IOM presents dire picture for people returned to Afghanistan /// EUAA update shows very low desire among Syrians to return from Europe /// The UK expands on its visa penalties plan
The EU’s €30m to Senegal: exporting carceral migration “management” /// “We are not there yet!” says Danish Institute for Human Rights presentation /// Council emphasises importance of migration cooperation with southern Mediterranean states /// UK and Italian ministers double down on “upstream drivers of migration"
Member states squabble with Commission over deportation statistics /// Far-right MEPs question migration commissioner’s commitment to deportations /// MEPs demand transparency over the role of the ‘Khartoum Process’ in Sudan’s civil war /// Development committee to vote on keeping humanitarian aid funds out of external instrument /// EU-Kazakhstan meeting discusses readmissions cooperation /// Commission unveils “Military Schengen” and further plans to combine defence and tech
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