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On 29 September, the Commission proposed a 5-point plan to prevent, anticipate and respond to sudden mass illegal arrivals. The Plan will strengthen the resilience and security of EU external borders.
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The European Commission published the results of a new special Eurobarometer survey on food innovation, providing an EU-wide overview of how Europeans view innovative foods, ingredients, and cultures.
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Following a dialogue with the European Commission and the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone have committed to changing the recycling claims on their plastic bottles.
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The European Commission has launched formal proceedings to examine whether Booking.com may have violated the Digital Services Act by failing to thoroughly assess or effectively mitigate risks related to fraudulent offers and phishing.
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The European Commission sets out a new strategy to combat trafficking in human beings. The Strategy is accompanied by the 6th progress report with data from 2023 and 2024 on combatting trafficking in human beings.
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The Commission is presenting a new strategy against human trafficking, following the registration of over 20,000 victims in the EU during 2023 and 2024, which marks a 16.1 percent increase. Human trafficking manifests in various forms, including sexual exploitation, labor exploitation, forced criminality, forced begging, and forced marriage.
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European companies are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence. This is shown by the results of the latest Eurobarometer survey published today.
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Europe is preparing for a difficult winter with high energy prices.
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The European Commission has declared commitments by Sanofi legally binding under EU antitrust rules. These commitments are intended to address the Commission's preliminary competition concerns regarding alleged disparagement campaigns undertaken by Sanofi in Germany and France against Fluad.
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According to the European Employment and Social Outlook 2026 published today, job quality in the EU has improved over the last ten years.
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The EUAA has published its mid-year review of the Latest Asylum Trends, showing that asylum applications continued to fall in the first half of 2026 across EU+ countries, who received around 332,000 applications for international protection – 17% fewer than in the same period in 2025.
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On 16 September 2026, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the European Union speech, calling for a common European response on borders, migration and security and announcing new measures on migration and security, as well as stronger support for Ukraine.
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While the EES will record millions of non-EU travellers, certain categories are not recorded in the system. Border checks for travellers from these categories remain as usual – they need to show the ID or passport together with their long stay visa or residence permit.
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The EES helps border officers and law enforcement authorities to spot security risks and support the fight against serious crimes and terrorism. One of the examples is the case from February 2026, when the system was able to reveal the man who wasn’t who he claimed to be.
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How do EMN Member and Observer Countries support the integration of applicants for international protection from the earliest stages of the asylum process? The latest EMN inform explores early integration measures, national approaches, good practices and common challenges.
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The 2025 study Value spaces, identity, and use of local services among migrants in Tallinn, conducted by the Institute of Baltic Studies and commissioned by the Tallinn Migration Centre, examines how migrants experience life in Tallinn, adapt to daily life, and engage with public services.
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