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Rising anti-immigrant sentiment puts asylum seekers at risk, warn rights groups
Recent electoral inroads for the far right reflect public dislike of government cuts in public services
Over 600,000 pre-applications have been filed for 2024 — four times above the government quota
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Helsinki says tactic by Moscow is deliberate and poses ‘serious threat to national security’
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Growing support for radical parties does not necessarily threaten democracy, but it could profoundly change the EU
Harsh measures and lurid rhetoric on migration make the continent look as if it is betraying its own values
Foreign minister raises fears that Moscow could smuggle soldiers or war criminals into Nordic country
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Nato member aims to send ‘strong message’ to Kremlin about its eagerness to protect national security
Rishi Sunak’s attempt to rescue Rwanda plan by changing the law is misconceived
Also in this newsletter: an end to the honey-laundering saga
Rise in crossings by Middle Eastern nationals recalls Belarus migrant crisis of 2021
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Berlin’s asylum package, which could see processing centres set up outside EU, scales back benefits for refugees
Giorgia Meloni and Edi Rama sign agreement to outsource Italian asylum process
Bitter immigration debate has pitted Scholz’s coalition and opposition parties against each other
Government seeks to make it easier to deport failed asylum seekers who are still in the country
OECD says humanitarian crises and demand for workers is behind increased population flows
Proposed agreement will not specifically link money to Cairo’s commitment to prevent any onward migration to Europe
Vincent Van Quickenborne steps down after revealing Tunisia asked Belgium in 2022 for its national to be returned
Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius is leader of the ruling VVD party and could become prime minister after elections next month
Tunisian gunman Abdesalem Lassaoued had been declined asylum in four European countries but never sent back
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