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Increase in the number of Indian and Nepalese migrants in Croatia

The Editorial Board March 20, 2023

Croatia – On the occasion of Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman’s visit to his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi, the Croatian daily Večernji List published an article on the issue of immigration from the Indian subcontinent. It turns out…

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Polish minority targeted by repressions in Belarus along with democratic opposition

Olivier Bault March 8, 2023

Belarus/Poland - Poland may close its last remaining border crossings with Belarus as a retaliatory measure, according to comments made by a state secretary in the Interior Ministry, Maciej Wąsik, on Polish television channel Polsat News. “For us, [Belarus] is a small…

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Number of non-European migrants shooting up in Czechia

The Editorial Board February 9, 2023

Czechia – Covid-19, the Russian–Ukrainian war, and the energy crisis had pushed the issue of illegal immigration to the back burner, but Czechia’s newest statistics show that it is still present and getting worse. According to Czech police figures, the…

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ETIAS, the European Union’s new control system

The Editorial Board January 13, 2023

European Union – The EU’s new ETIAS border control system is scheduled to begin operating in November 2023. Most citizens of the 60 countries currently exempted from visas for tourist travel will soon have to fill in an online form and pay…

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Dublin III: France and Germany sending Belarus’ migrants back to Poland

The Editorial Board December 16, 2022

Poland – The Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported on 12 December that the 2013 Dublin III Regulation on the member states responsible for examining asylum applications was now being strictly applied to Poland. The issue is about migrants mainly of Afghan and…

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European Conservatives and Reformists’ summit in Warsaw

The Editorial Board December 6, 2022

Poland – The various parties belonging to the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament met in Warsaw on Saturday, 3 December. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attended in person, while his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, as well…

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Hungary, Serbia, and Austria to create joint border protection force

The Editorial Board November 21, 2022

Hungary/Serbia/Austria – Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić welcomed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Chancellor Karl Nehammer to Belgrade on Wednesday, 16 November, for a second trilateral summit involving Serbia, Hungary, and Austria. The three leaders discussed Serbia’s application for membership of the European…

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Poland erecting border fence to keep out African and Middle Eastern immigrants from Kaliningrad

The Editorial Board November 7, 2022

Poland - “I have decided to take measures that will help strengthen security on the border with the Kaliningrad oblast. We will start the construction of a temporary barrier to strengthen the security of the border”, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak announced…

Society

Mass Migration Always Has Unpleasant Consequences – Do We Know That?

The Editorial Board May 17, 2022

This editorial was published on April 28, 2022, in Czech language in the daily newspaper “Lidovénoviny”. By Václav Klaus and Jiří Weigl. Czechia - Ukrainians in their hundreds of thousands, or rather millions, are seeking refuge from war abroad, in huge numbers…

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Lessons from the migration crisis at the Belarusian border

David Engels December 15, 2021

Lessons from the migration crisis at the Belarusian border: When charity is extorted by force, this is called robbery Poland – The well-known Twitter site "Visegrad 24" recently wrote: "When someone knocks on your door and asks you to come in and…

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Andrej Babiš offers to send 150 soldiers to Polish-Belarusian border

The Editorial Board December 13, 2021

Czechia/Poland – Outgoing Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) announced on Tuesday (December 7th) that he would ask the two chambers of the Czech parliament to authorise the sending of 150 Czech soldiers to assist their Polish colleagues on the Polish-Belarusian border…

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Budapest: V4 summit on immigration

The Editorial Board November 25, 2021

Visegrád Group – The heads of governments of the Visegrád Group met on 23 November in Budapest, at the initiative of Poland, to discuss migration issues in the context of the migration crisis at the Polish–Belarusian border. An attempt to destabilise the…

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