Bulletin 7

“When policies persistently fail, we need to look not only at ‘what went wrong’ but also at ‘what went right’ – and at who is benefiting from the wreckage.”

- Ruben Andersson and David Keen

This bulletin is also available in PDF format.

 

Border management

European Parliament vote clears path for negotiations on new Europol anti-migrant smuggling powers /// EU Asylum Agency celebrates 10 years of support for creating buffer zones in the Balkans

Budgets and funding

EU agrees terms of €4 billion loan to Egypt /// Additional €3 billion in EU border and immigration funding announced /// Joint Valletta Action Plan follow-up conducts latest evaluation exercise

Deportation and readmission

'Euro-Rwanda' proposal to facilitate deportation camps in non-EU states published /// Member states could “strengthen” visa sanctions to encourage non-EU states to accept deportations /// Tunisian authorities violently coerce people into EU-funded removal schemes /// EU cooperation with Iraq heavily focused on deportations /// ICMPD organises training in Iraq on “sustainable reintegration”

Migration partnerships

Further EU support for violence and abuse in North Africa under discussion /// EU and UK consider joint external migration control projects /// European Union and African Union commit to “enhanced and reciprocal partnership for migration and mobility” /// Commission official on tour in Algeria and Morocco /// Africa Frontex Intelligence Community: documents released

Other developments

How the EU coordinates the outsourcing of migration control /// EU officials talk "asylum policy and homeland security" at European Police Congress /// UN OHCHR launches call for inputs: Externalization of Migration and the Impact on the Human Rights of Migrants

 

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