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At This Summit, the EU Is Throwing Its Values Out of the Window on Asylum

The Commission’s five-point plan would expand border policing and deportations and could let states suspend asylum in emergencies.

When European Union leaders meet in Brussels later on Thursday (15 October), migration will be high on the agenda. Amid political panic — real and manufactured — over the events in Ceuta this summer, the European Commission has come out with a five-point plan promising more border surveillance and policing, more dodgy deals with countries outside the EU, and more deportations.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said at a European Union (EU) summit on Friday that much more needs to be done on migration, despite the declining number of migrants entering the Community and new EU asylum rules.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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35 percent less irregular arrivals than in the same period last year: Nevertheless, Friedrich Merz calls migration one of Europe's biggest problems. At the EU summit, there is a growing dispute about the right course.

·Berlin, Germany
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said at a European Union (EU) summit on Friday that much more needs to be done on migration, despite the declining number of migrants entering the Community and new EU asylum rules.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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Human Rights Watch broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
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