The European Parliament (EP) elections are taking place 6-9 June 2024. EU citizens in all 27 EU member states (MS) will elect 720 MEPs to represent them in the next mandate (2024-2029). The breakdown of MEPs per EU MS in the next EP will be as follows: Austria: 20...
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...
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...
A monitoring report by the Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has revealed worsening conditions in migrant centres in Cyprus. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has revealed a...
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...
