“Nothing is inevitable, the future is not written and we are not powerless.”
- Ann Fordham, International Drug Policy Consortium
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Schengen Snapshot 2025 // The EU’s ‘long-term’ migration strategy /// Significant activity on digital border regime /// Update on Visa Facilitation Agreement with Armenia /// Visa restrictions for Georgian diplomats (and maybe citizens)
France, other member states, displeased with limited use of Article 25a visa sanctions /// Deputy home commissioner updates parliament on readmissions cooperation /// The Commission targets Guinea for Article 25a sanctions /// Ukraine and the EU are working on a Frontex status agreement /// The EU is beginning to think about ‘returning’ Ukrainian refugees /// Frontex submits report card for 2025
Place of safety arrangements: a “new and innovative solution” for offshoring migration control /// The EU is funding a pullback coordination centre in Benghazi
Visa Working Party discusses AI in “visa shopping” /// EMWP delegates reportedly discussed exporting digital visa systems /// The EU and Lebanon discussed future of Syrian refugees /// The UK is making more inroads on migration cooperation in Europe /// Italy and Germany to partner more closely on migration in Africa /// UK introduces absurd new migration-related offenses /// Portuguese MEP demands clarity on Solidarity Pool /// Frontex and EU Agency for Asylum publish new cooperation agreement /// Civil society scores rare win on Frontex judicial review
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