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EU puts common asylum system in place

12 June: The Common European Asylum System was endorsed by the European Parliament on Wednesday, giving the green light for the system to be implemented in all EU Member States. The aim of the common...
Civil society uniting for trafficking victims

31 May: Europe needs to work closer together to help the victims of today's slavery. Over 100 European civil society organisations are joining forces in the new EU Civil Society Platform against trafficking...
Free movement: reinforcement en route

30 May: An agreement has been reached between EU institutions about a reinforcement of the EU area of free movement, Schengen. Welcoming the agreement, which was struck at so-called trialogue level...
Violent extremism: A call to action

27 May: In a speech in Berlin, Germany this week, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström called for political action against the rise of xenophobia and violent extremism in Europe."We need...
Migration & cybercrime talks with U.S.

2 May: This week, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström visited Washington D.C., where she met with Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, and others....

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12 June:

Migration picking up, rising unemployment hurting immigrants
OECD: Migration has started to pick up again, driven largely by people moving within the European Union, after three years of...
Regime Change in Russia
European Council on Foreign Relations: A year into Vladimir Putin’s third presidential term, it is evident that the nature of...
Increasing sophistication of child abusers' methods
Europol: Online child abusers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, but police agencies are still preventing crimes and bringing...
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Press conference: EU strategy against trafficking in human beings, June 2012
Kosovo visa liberalisation roadmap, November 2011
The Netherlands, June 2012
Press conference: Annual Report on Immigration and Asylum, June 2012
Italy, March 2012
Press conference: Strategy against trafficking in human beings
Visit to self-service passport controls at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam
Press briefing: Visit by Georgian Minister for Foreign Affairs to discuss Visa Liberalisation Dialogue