This week the EU Ministers gave the final green light for a new Regulation which will see checks of individuals entering the EU reinforced against relevant databases. The new Regulation amends the Schengen Borders Code and obliges EU Member States to carry out systematic checks against relevant databases on all individuals at the EU’s external…
Category: Immigration
Shoukry: ‘no’ for refugee camps in Egypt
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt Sameh Shoukry attended a number of meetings with high officials in Brussels, exchanging views on illegal immigration and security. Shoukry clearly rejected the set up of refugee/migrant camps in Egypt. @FedericaMog receiving Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry #EU Foreign Affairs Council pic.twitter.com/hjTn6SF3DG — Nabila Massrali (@NabilaEUspox) March 6,…
Austria suggests refugee camps in Georgia
“We need refugee centers outside the European Union, which would be managed jointly with the UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency. Their location is not so important. It is important that they will provide protection, and that people, trying to enter Europe illegally, will be returned there,” – said Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Foreign Minister to Bild am Sonntag newspaper. Kurz…
250 migrants taken to Italy from Libyan coast
Today Proactiva Open Arms (NGO, Spain) spokesperson Laura Lanuza said, that their vessel resqued 250 African migrants from two small rubber vessels that were at risk of being overwhelmed by the sea next Libyan coast. (Photo above: illustration) The migrants were soon transferred to an Italian coast guard ship, which had alerted the NGO to…
EU Council adopts visa-free for Georgia
“I am very pleased with today’s final endorsement by the Council of the Commission’s proposal to grant visa liberalisation to Georgia. – said Commissioner Avramopoulos is in Tbilisi, Georgia, to welcome the adoption by the Council of the Commission proposal for visa liberalisation for Georgia. “Today is a historic day for Georgia and its citizens,…
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