Strasbourg 09.10.2024 The MEPs discussed Hungary’s priorities for its six-month Council Presidency, which started on 1 July, with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola noted in her opening statement that the Hungarian Presidency comes at a time when the EU is taking “significant steps forward” including “supporting Ukraine, strengthening European competitiveness, and…
Category: Immigration
G7: migration conversation new turn
Brindisi, Italy 15.06.2024 “The conversation has changed” around migration laws in Europe as Rishi Sunak and his fellow G7 leaders launched a coalition to defeat the smuggling of migrants to Europe. In a communique released while concluding of the two-day summit in Puglia, the leaders of the UK, US, Germany, Italy, France, Canada and Japan…
Lampedusa: EU top “pyromaniac” visits fire
Brussels 17.09.2023 EU top civil servant Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived on the island of Lampedusa on Sunday, 17 September, morning amid growing tensions related to a surge in migrant arrivals. https://x.com/f_philippot/status/1703338721087475976?s=20 President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have arrived…
VII Brussels conference on future of Syria
Brussels 15.06.2023 “…I draw hope from the continuing commitment of refugee-hosting countries in the region” said during opening speech the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell at the Ministerial session of the VII Brussels conference on the future of Syria and the region. "It is unacceptable that we tolerate the present plight of the Syrian people….
MEPs endorse migration management
Strasbourg 21.04.2023 Plenary agreed on Thursday, April 20, to open talks with EU member states on several migration and asylum policy files. The #compromise was hailed by the #leftist and center-right MEPs as a “historic step forward,” but the conservative@ecrgroup and @IDGroupEP, believed the deal made the original “proposal for an #EU asylum and #migration…
MEPs to vote on migration
Strasbourg 20.04.2023 Parliament will decide on Thursday whether to start talks with EU member states on files on asylum and migration management and on long-term resident status. Europa necesita trabajadores y trabajadoras de países extranjeros, de ahí la importancia de la migración regular. Hemos avanzado en la directiva del permiso de trabajo único de la…
EU-Belarus: new wave of sanctions
Brussels 14.11.2021 As the European Union faces a new migration crisis, organised by Belarus which encourages the entry of migrants into EU countries, the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell (pictured) said the bloc is ready for a new wave of sanctions. Mon entretien avec @CarodeCamaret @FRANCE24 sur la #Biélorussie, nos efforts en #Libye et la…
Lithuania forces migrants back to Belarus
Brussels 30.10.2021 Lithuanian border guards effectively performed return of more than 180 migrants from Asian and African countries in the past days, forcing them back into Belarus, the Lithuanian Interior Ministry’s Border Guard Service said in a statement on Friday, October 29. Lithuanian border guards force 186 illegal migrants back to Belarus in past day:https://t.co/TSYKYFPpR3…
Greece: migrant vessel returns to Turkey
Brussels 29.10.2021 Greece engaged in a rescue operation on Friday, October 29, for a Turkish-flagged cargo ship carrying about 400 migrants after it sent out a distress signal off shore the island of Crete, the coast guard said. Greece rescues cargo ship with 400 migrants in distress off island of Crete https://t.co/1Zto37DWRA pic.twitter.com/vTLaBsI28v — Reuters…
Poland votes border wall construction
Brussels 29.10.2021 Poland Parliament has voted to build a border wall with Belarus to block an influx of migrants who are illegally entering Poland. Thousands of people – mostly from the Middle East and Asia – have tried to cross Poland’s border in recent months. Poland to build Belarus border wall to block migrant influx…