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More refugees are arriving in Germany than at any time in recent years, and districts and cities are overwhelmed. But the system for redistributing migrants among EU states is unlikely to be improved anytime soon, with leaders instead increasingly betting on deportations and exclusion.

The European Commission estimates the number of asylum applications reached 924,000 by the end of 2022 — the highest level since 2016 — while irregular border crossings tripled year-on-year to 330,000.

The Minister of Public Administration in the capacity of Minister of the Interior, Sanja Ajanović Hovnik, is attending the informal meeting of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers in Stockholm.

The Swiss government has announced the suspension of a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, following a Federal Council decision on 16 September

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Why is the Commission proposing to suspend the Visa Facilitation Agreement in full?

The Schengen visa allows travel to countries belonging to the uniform visa area of the European Union (Schengen area).

Why is the Commission proposing to introduce online visa applications?

The European Commission proposed on 27 April the digitalisation of the Schengen visa process, replacing the visa sticker, and introducing the possibility to submit visa applications online through the European online visa platform.

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”.