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The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) released its latest analysis on asylum trends, showing that by June 2024, EU countries had received 513,000 applications for international protection.
In 2023 alone, Europol supported 223 operations against migrant smuggling and human trafficking networks. These results came from the latest report of Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), based on the operations supported by the agency last year.
On 9 September, the Commission and Armenia announced the beginning of a visa liberalisation dialogue. This process aims to support Armenia in achieving a visa-free regime for short-stays within the EU, and builds on the implementation of the EU-Armenia Visa Facilitation and Readmission Agreements.
On 4 September, Commissioner Johansson delivered a speech at the LIBE committee on Hungary's national card scheme, addressing the security risks posed by the facilitation of Russian and Belarusian nationals' access to the Schengen area, and underlining the need to protect the external EU border.
On 11 September, Commission adopted a harmonised list of supporting documents for visa applicants from Mauritania.
The Anti-Corruption Partnership Forum aims to further improve international cooperation in the fight against corruption.
The European Commission has launched a public consultation to support the evaluation of the three HOME funds – AMIF, ISF Borders and Visa, ISF Police – for 2014-2020. Go to the consultation, fill in the questionnaires, and have your say on the future of funding in the HOME Affairs main policy areas.
The European Commission, in collaboration with the Democritus University of Thrace in Greece, is offering a scholarship for the second consecutive year to beneficiaries of International or Temporary Protection.
The UN member states reached an agreement on a new UN cybercrime convention. The Commission has been negotiating this agreement on behalf of the EU and its Member States since May 2022, with the aim to achieve a new Convention that would prevent and combat cybercrime.
ANYWHERE brings significant improvements to the management of emergencies resulting from extreme weather events, reinforcing public protection and disaster relief in the EU. At its heart lies a system that helps authorities anticipate and respond to climate risks more effectively.