BALKAN ROUTE: Continued Concerns About Migrant Pushbacks from Bulgaria to Türkiye ― NGOs Blame Hungary’s Migration Policy for Boosting Smuggling Networks ― EU Set to Sign Frontex Co-operation Agreement with Serbia

BALKAN ROUTE: Continued Concerns About Migrant Pushbacks from Bulgaria to Türkiye ― NGOs Blame Hungary’s Migration Policy for Boosting Smuggling Networks ― EU Set to Sign Frontex Co-operation Agreement with Serbia

A Dutch MEP and a Bulgarian NGO have renewed their concerns about migrant pushbacks on the Bulgarian-Turkish border and questioned the use of the EU’s funding to Bulgaria. Two Serbian NGOs have claimed that the Hungarian government’s migration policy has...
MEDITERRANEAN: Frontex Investigating New Migrant Pushback Accusations ― Eight EU countries Call for Situation in Syria to be Reassessed to Enable Refugee Returns ― Albanian PM Rules Out Migration Deals with Other EU Countries While Italian PM Insists Albania ‘Project’ Close to Starting ― El Hiblu 3 Trial to Proceed Despite Plea for Dismissal

MEDITERRANEAN: Frontex Investigating New Migrant Pushback Accusations ― Eight EU countries Call for Situation in Syria to be Reassessed to Enable Refugee Returns ― Albanian PM Rules Out Migration Deals with Other EU Countries While Italian PM Insists Albania ‘Project’ Close to Starting ― El Hiblu 3 Trial to Proceed Despite Plea for Dismissal

The EU Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) is investigating two new allegations of migrant pushbacks in the Aegean Sea. The governments of eight EU member states have issued a joint statement on migration in which they have called for the situation in Syria to be...
POLAND: Council Adopts EU Asylum Reforms Despite Polish Opposition ― Poland Joins Group of Member States Demanding New Migration ‘Solutions’ ― Prime Minister Vows to Strengthen Border with Belarus ― Humanitarians Indicted for Helping Migrants on Poland-Belarus Border

POLAND: Council Adopts EU Asylum Reforms Despite Polish Opposition ― Poland Joins Group of Member States Demanding New Migration ‘Solutions’ ― Prime Minister Vows to Strengthen Border with Belarus ― Humanitarians Indicted for Helping Migrants on Poland-Belarus Border

The Council of the EU has given its final approval to the Pact on Migration and Asylum despite strong opposition from a small number of member states, including Poland. Poland has joined a group of member states that has asked the European Commission to propose ‘new...
EU External Partners: Member States Push for Outsourcing of Migration Procedures to Third Countries ― EU Signs € 1 Billion Migration Deal with Lebanon ― Tunisian Authorities Expel Hundreds of Migrants to Border with Algeria ― Migrants Released from Detention in Libya

EU External Partners: Member States Push for Outsourcing of Migration Procedures to Third Countries ― EU Signs € 1 Billion Migration Deal with Lebanon ― Tunisian Authorities Expel Hundreds of Migrants to Border with Algeria ― Migrants Released from Detention in Libya

A number of EU member states are preparing to send a letter to the European Commission to call for agreements that would enable intercepted migrants to be transferred to third countries before they reach Europe. The EU has signed a ‘migration management’ deal with...
AIDA Country Report on the Netherlands – 2023 Update

AIDA Country Report on the Netherlands – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on the Netherlands provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes...