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An overview of cooperation on readmission agreements and arrangements with key countries, produced by the European Commission, show that the “external dimension” promoted under the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum treats non-cooperation with EU migration policy as worthy of sanction. Despite adopting a coercive outlook, these partnerships in which “readmission is an important component”, are described as “comprehensive, tailor-made and mutually beneficial”.

Vice Minister Marina Sereni chaired the fifth annual meeting of the Joint Committee on Development Cooperation. The meeting was attended by the

The vast majority of member states are opposed to a separate "solidarity mechanism" for people rescued at sea under the proposed Asylum and Migration Management Regulation. The proposal foresees this solidarity consisting of relocation or "capacity building". Some states would like to be able to offer "solidarity" in other ways - for example, Austria proposes support for externalisation measures as an alternative option to relocation of people rescued at sea.

A day after a group of 91 illegal immigrants, mostly children, were voluntarily repatriated from Libya to their home country Niger."Based on instructions from the Interior Minister regarding resumption of voluntary repatriation flights for ...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has resumed humanitarian flights from Libya after receiving clearance from the Government of National Unity and has safely returned a group of stranded Gambian migrants who are among thousands of others waiting to go home through IOM’s

Download logo The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has resumed humanitarian flights from Libya after receiving clearance from the Government of National Unity and has safely returned a group of stranded Gambian migrants who are among thousands of others waiting to go home through IOM’s Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme.    Thursday’s flight,&nbs...

This weekend Portugal received 80 Afghans, most of them women's football team athletes and their families, bringing to 178 the total number of citizens welcomed...

Afghanistan: Biden pledges support for government, criticizes Taliban offensive US President Joe Biden has reassured Afghan President Ashraf Ghani of his support, but the fundamentalist Taliban say the current Afghan leader needs to leave to achieve lasting peace. President Joe Biden and Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani met in the White House last month US President Joe Biden expressed his support for the Afghan government on Friday during a phone call with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the White Ho...

New Brussels residents will soon be able to discover the city with their own 'buddy'. The CoNnect project brings new arrivals and current residents together to get to know each other and their perspective on life in Brussels.

The pandemic has briefly pulled the brakes on migration OCTAVIAN DAN (Translated by Cosmin Ghidoveanu) • The OECD thinks migration is positive • Migrants children most affected by the sanitary crisis • Seasonal workers, the first to return abroad • Romanians are "European champions" in terms of migration • Pressure on the Greek-Turkish border has returned The lockdown has messed up peoples lives all over the world. This has overlapped with other, smaller crises. It has influence...