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The European Commission has attributed the drop of irregular migrant arrival numbers to anti-smuggling operations by Libya and Tunisia. (Photo: Nikolaj Nielsen)

EU intensifying migrant-busting plans with other countries

The European Commission is intensifying relations with a host of countries to curtail irregular migration as it seeks to get the EU's overhaul on asylum implemented among EU states.

In a letter addressed to EU leaders ahead of the EU summit this week in Brussels, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen highlighted Frontex data that suggests a 38 per...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

The European Commission has attributed the drop of irregular migrant arrival numbers to anti-smuggling operations by Libya and Tunisia. (Photo: Nikolaj Nielsen)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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