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EU pact could stop 'hostile' states using migrants for politics, rights agency says

Airport signage showing passengers the route to the Schengen gates seen in Henri Coanda International Airport near Bucharest, Romania, on 28 March 2024. via REUTERS - Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea

The EU migration pact could help member states prevent "hostile actors" from using migrants and refugees to put pressure on them, the bloc's rights agency said on Wednesday.

Some countries outside the European Union have repeatedly funnelled migrants and refugees to the bloc's external borders to put pressure on the EU, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) said in a paper on the topic.

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