border security

EU to propose emergency protection against massive migrant flows

The European Commission will propose an emergency framework to prevent sudden massive inflows of migrants, ‌Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. The framework is meant to offer…

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Poland and Ukraine slam Russian strike on train near their border as ‘escalation’

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he expected Moscow to escalate the war in "in the coming weeks", following Russian strikes that hit a Warsaw-bound train in Ukraine, just two…

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Finland probes possible territorial violation after drone discovery

Finland's Border Guard said Friday it is investigating whether a surveillance drone found on the country's southern coast had violated Finnish territory. The investigation will seek to establish where, when…

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Frontex-coordinated operation leads to 112 arrests for suspected migrant smuggling

Border and police authorities from 17 countries have arrested 112 people suspected of smuggling migrants into the European Union. The two-week operation, coordinated by Frontex, also uncovered 60 cases of…

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NATO’s northern flank faces mounting disruption from suspected drone activity

Military drones straying into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are stoking concerns that the war in Ukraine is spilling over into NATO's northern borders with Russia. As…

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EPP head backs African return hubs amid renewed EU migration crackdown

European People’s Party leader Manfred Weber has called for the swift establishment of migrant return hubs in Africa after tens of thousands of unauthorized migrants surged into the Spanish exclave…

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Greek PM Mitsotakis urges EU to use all available tools against ‘weaponized’ migration

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged the European Union to make full use of existing legal and operational tools to counter what he described as the “weaponization” of migration, arguing…

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Migrant smuggling network using rental cars dismantled across the Balkans

Authorities in Bulgaria, Greece, the Netherlands, and Romania have taken coordinated action against an organised crime group suspected of smuggling migrants through the Balkans using rented, stolen and fraudulently registered…

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Malta among nine EU states seeking flexibility on new border checks

A coalition of nine European countries is urging Brussels to prolong emergency flexibility for the Entry/Exit System, arguing the bloc is not yet ready to phase out the current safeguards.…

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Libya’s eastern government bans entry of nationals from Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia

Libya’s eastern-based government has banned the entry of nationals of four African countries, a decision a government source said was due to a "reorganization ‌of foreign nationals’ entry to Libya".…

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EU parliament backs law allowing offshore detention centres

The European Parliament approved on Wednesday an overhaul of migration policy aimed at ramping up deportations and allowing member states to set up detention centres abroad, in what critics describe…

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EU fails to agree on migrant returns law

EU negotiators on Thursday failed to back rules to increase deportations from the bloc amid continued disagreement on a start date. Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner has referred to the returns…

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US mandates what it calls ‘enhanced’ security checks for immigration applicants

President Donald Trump's administration has mandated what it calls "enhanced" security checks for immigration applicants, according to internal guidance sent to the employees of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,…

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