Tag: migration
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Migration, apathy and political opportunism
[ad_1] Who cares about migrants these days? That’s the question asked by journalist Annalisa Camilli in the Italian magazine Internazionale. Disturbed by the sinkings of migrant boats and the apparent indifference of Europeans to the terrible deaths that are now a regular occurrence in the Méditerranée – more than 2,500 are expected in 2023 by…
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Granada twin summits: Enlargement, migration on menu
[ad_1] Leaders from some 50 European countries will attend the third European Political Community (EPC) summit in the southern Spanish city of Granada on Thursday (5 October). The informal political forum, French president Emmanuel Macron’s pet project, follows two previous meetings in the Czech Republic last October and then in Moldova in June, deemed by officials as…
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Italy pulls the brake on 11th-hour migration compromise – POLITICO
[ad_1] BRUSSELS — Italy is now dragging its feet on the final plank of the EU’s flagship migration reform — after Germany agreed to a long-awaited compromise. During a meeting of EU interior ministers, Rome in an unexpected last-minute move placed a decision over the so-called crisis regulation on hold, crushing hopes of reaching a deal…
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Italian PM admits she hoped to do ‘better’ on migration
[ad_1] Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has admitted she had hoped to do “better” on controlling irregular migration, which has surged since her far-right party won historic elections a year ago. “Clearly we hoped for better on immigration, where we worked so hard,” she said in an interview marking the win, broadcast late Saturday on…
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Venezuela Migration Explained – The New York Times
[ad_1] Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have arrived at the United States border in the last two years, part of a historic wave of migrants headed north amid growing global crises. But Venezuela has been in the midst of an economic and humanitarian crisis for roughly a decade. Why are so many people going to…
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Von der Leyen aligns with Italy’s tough approach on migration – POLITICO
[ad_1] Europe seems to be backing the Italian government’s hard-line stance on migration. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday promised “a coordinated response” from Brussels to the problem of immigration, vowing to improve anti-trafficking forces, increase air surveillance and consider a possible new European naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea. Following a…
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Tunisia yet to receive EU funds to stem migration, senior EU official says – POLITICO
[ad_1] BRUSSELS – Tunisia hasn’t received EU funding yet to stop migrants coming to Europe, the chief negotiator of the controversial deal between Brussels and Tunis told EU lawmakers Thursday. It’s too soon to see a fall in boat crossings to Europe, said the director general of the EU’s neighborhood department, Gert Jan Koopman, adding…
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How Guatemala’s new president could stem corruption and migration
[ad_1] Bernardo Arévalo, a 64-year-old sociologist and reformer, did the seemingly impossible this week. He overcame trumped-up legal challenges and a better-financed, establishment-backed rival to become Guatemala’s next president. Arévalo’s landslide victory — delivered by young and middle-class voters fed up with endless government dysfunction — is a watershed for Central America’s largest nation. Political…
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EU’s migration plans in Niger in balance after coup
[ad_1] The EU’s expansive cooperation with Niger to stem migration may be in the balance following the 26 July military coup that ousted president Mohamed Bazoum. Those EU efforts are closely linked to security programmes, whose budget the EU has since announced it will suspend. When pressed on the issue, a European Commission spokesperson on…
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Poland prime minister floats migration referendum with grim video – POLITICO
[ad_1] Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki proposed holding a referendum asking citizens whether they support the arrival of “thousands of illegal migrants coming from the Middle East and Africa” under the European Union’s relocation policy. In a video posted on social networks on Sunday, Morawiecki floated the idea of holding a poll, to be conducted…
