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On International Migrants Day, the Commission and High Representative have issued a joint statement reaffirming the EU's commitment to addressing migration in a comprehensive, humane, and sustainable manner, and call for enhanced international cooperation to address migration's global dimension.

In this first newsletter from the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation, we provide insights into some of the first activities as well as progress in other areas that lay the foundation for its future work in preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) in Europe.

EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, held a discussion on Schengen, security, and migration with 30 students, aged 16 to 18 years old, from the Schengen Lyzeum in Perl, Germany. 

The CERIS Expert Group has just issued its first report, titled Building resilience in the civil security domain based on research and technology, covering a broad array of topics from combating child sexual abuse online and countering disinformation, to bioterrorist threats by non-state actors.

The participants took stock of the lessons learned from major public events hosted recently in the EU, like the Olympic Games in Paris, and discussed how EU-funded Innovation and Security Research can best contribute to the safety of European citizens enjoying these events.

The fight against trafficking of cultural goods has gained relevance in the recent years, and many innovative solutions are being developed or are already available to tackle this problem. As stressed by the EU’s action plan against trafficking in cultural goods, technology is crucial for ..

Events such as climate change, hurricanes, floods, and the COVID-19 pandemic have shown how important it is for communities to be prepared for disasters. The EU-funded CORE project is helping policymakers and stakeholders address threats from these disasters.

The Council has adopted a decision to lift internal land borders controls with and between Bulgaria and Romania as of 1 January 2025. This important step completes the full entry of both countries into the Schengen area.

The EUAA has issued guidelines for an EU approach to community sponsorship, aiming to increase the number of admission places available to those in need of protection, while establishing minimum quality standards for the different phases of community sponsorship across the EU.