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EU warns of ‘child soldiers’ exploited by drug gangs

Young people are being ‘groomed to become killers’ as figures show half of homicides in bloc are drug-related

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

Greece and Turkey agree migration pact as EU members fail to seal wider deal in Brussels – as it happened

Pact will halt illegal flows of refugees and migrants across the land border the two countries share

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

Thorny questions hit European Commission over proposal for surveillance of uploads and encrypted messages

New reports suggest AI-touting nonprofit Thorn had a hand in developing the EU's proposed anti-CSAM law.

Fortune · Sep 26, 2023

Breakthrough on stalled EU migration deal coming this week - official

European Union countries are expected this week to agree on how to share out the responsibility of hosting refugees and migrants, a top EU official said on Tuesday of what would mark a breakthrough after years of bitter feuds within the bloc.

Reuters · Jun 6, 2023

EU warns of 'solidarity fatigue' despite warm welcome for millions of Ukraine refugees

The EU is warning of “solidarity fatigue” toward Ukrainian refugees as the bloc's economy slows, affecting poor families in particular

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2023

Survivors call for effective EU law to tackle child sex abuse

Debates on a new legislation to tackle childhood sexual violence online and offline are under way in the European Union.

Al Jazeera · May 24, 2023

EU says it has not seen high levels of weapons smuggling from Ukraine

The EU has not observed any significant smuggling of weapons into Europe from wartime Ukraine, the European Commission's top internal affairs official said on Thursday during a visit to Kyiv.

Reuters · May 11, 2023

EU aims to harmonise criminal laws across bloc to fight corruption

Proposals would make it easier for cross-border cooperation to tackle organised crime, bribery and abuse of office

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2023

Europe must find ways of saving migrant lives, says EU commissioner

The only sustainable means of saving the lives of migrants struggling to reach Europe is to provide legal routes which will allow people to move, the EU home affairs commissioner said on Tuesday. Thousands of migrants die each year trying to reach Europe by boat.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 15, 2023

EU Urges Members to Deport More Migrants Ineligible to Stay

The European Union on Tuesday urged its member countries to deport more people who enter Europe without authorization and who are not eligible to stay, saying that only around one in five would-be migrants who should be sent home actually is. “Last year, we had a return rate of only…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 14, 2023