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EU foreign policy fragmentation will increase

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EU

Structural challenges to EU foreign policy.

EU East-West migrant split will have lasting impact

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EU

In an article yesterday, former Polish finance minister Jacek Rostowski defended the stance taken by the Central-Eastern European (CEE) EU states in the migrant crisis via an…

Internal EU divisions will emerge over Syria stance

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EU/SYRIA

The EU's third donor conference pledging humanitarian assistance for Syria.

Prospects for European migration in 2019-23

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PROSPECTS 2019-23

Prospects for European migration in 2019-23.

Migration to EU will be divisive despite lower numbers

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EU/NORTH AFRICA

The Central Mediterranean route, used by half of all irregular migrants to the EU in 2016, now accounts for only 9% of irregular travel to the EU. Meanwhile, the pace of arrivals…

Change to the EU's asylum regime will be slow

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EUROPEAN UNION

Rising migrant flows across the Mediterranean are straining the EU's current 'Dublin' asylum system. Nearly all member states and EU institutions recognise the failures of the…

Divisions may limit rise of Europe's populist parties

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EU

Divisions between populist parties.

EU would be badly prepared for a fresh migrant crisis

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EU

The EU’s Dublin regulation, which determines the member state responsible for an asylum application, has never worked satisfactorily. Attempts at a fundamental overhaul have…

EU integration will be restricted post-Brexit

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EU

EU direction post-Brexit.

Common EU migration policy will be hard to achieve

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EU

The EU is still struggling to formulate a coordinated response to the migration crisis, but it has managed to make significant cuts in illegal immigration by tightening control of…