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Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe (30.9.16)
- EU-Afghanistan returns plan: Another "dodgy" deal - Deal to be signed next week to start immediate refugee "return" flights - Is Afghanistan a "safe country"? - Quick return of 80,000 refugees planned - "effectively Read More
UK: What can we expect on immigration and asylum policy post-referendum?
"The round-ups for deportation of elderly people with generations of family in the UK indicate the ruthlessness we can expect from a government all too ready to ‘take back control’." See: What can we expect Read More
EU: ‘Inside’ the European Parliament’s Closed Reading Rooms: Transparency in the EU
"What do documents about negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), oversight of the EU’s Food Safety Authority or Tax-Justice have in common? In order to access these documents, (selected) Members of the Read More
BREXIT: UK releases legal arguments on Article 50
"The British government was forced by a judge to release its legal arguments for refusing to let the parliament decide when and how the UK should trigger the article 50 procedure to withdraw from the Read More
EU-Afghanistan returns plan: Another “dodgy” deal (1)
- Deal to be signed next week to start immediate refugee "return" flights - Is Afghanistan a "safe country"? - Quick return of 80,000 refugees planned - "effectively implement readmission commitments" - by-passing parliamentary scrutiny Read More
Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe (29.9.16)
- Brussels pushes Greece for action on migrants sought before Dublin pact reboot (ekathimerini.com, link): "European officials are calling on Athens to take action by the end of this year ahead of the review and Read More
Commission proposes tougher lobbying rules – Proposal would require a transparency register for all three EU institution.
"The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a new push to strengthen the EU’s transparency rules by creating a mandatory lobbying disclosure system for all three of its main institutions. Under the proposal, the European Commission, Read More
USA-BELGIUM: Proposed laws would expand travel controls from airlines to passenger railroad
"Legislation has been introduced in both the USA and Belgium to subject rail travelers to the same sorts of travel surveillance schemes that are already being used to monitor and control air travelers. If these Read More
EU: Commission: Information Exchange for Security: Commission urges Member States to improve information sharing to combat terrorism and serious crime
"The Prüm Decisions (Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA) introduced procedures for fast and efficient data exchanges between Member States in specific areas. The Prüm framework lays down rules to allow Member States to search each Read More
EU’s ‘anti-leaks strategy’ leaked
"EXCLUSIVE / The European Commission will launch an “anti-leaks strategy” on Friday (30 September) to prevent key policy documents being circulated to the media, and avoid further “reputational damage” to the EU’s flagship institution, EurActiv.com Read More