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The asylum process begins with a single sentence spoken at the border or to an official authority. Lodging the application, biometric registration, the Dublin rules and safe-country lists shape the course of the first weeks.
For people seeking asylum from Turkey, the destination is not only Germany or the Netherlands. Belgium and France are important options, but a reception crisis and harder politics are changing the rules there too.
Europe’s asylum system rests on the Geneva Convention and common EU rules, but practice varies from country to country. While applications are falling, the backlog of pending cases remains high.
Migration policy is not set by national governments alone. A network of institutions, from UNHCR and IOM to the EU institutions, Frontex and the EUAA, shapes the rules a migrant will face.
Cyberbullying is no longer a debate about screen time but a public health issue. The EU’s new action plan aims to establish online dignity, privacy and safety as fundamental rights.
People who migrate to Europe are subject not only to national laws but also to the EU’s common rules. The core EU legislation, from the ECHR and Schengen to the common asylum system and the migration directives.
One in every thirty people in the world is a migrant; forced displacement fell in 2025 for the first time in a decade but still stands at nearly 118 million. Europe is at the centre of this movement: first residence permits issued by the EU reached a ten-year high in 2023.
The EU wants to be not just a player in AI but an ethical, human-centred leader. The “AI Continent Action Plan” announced in April 2025 is the latest link in a vision built since 2018.
The cost of cybercrime to the global economy is measured in trillions, and the question is no longer “will we be attacked?” but “when?”. The EU is responding with NIS2, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act.
Turkey and the EU are like two lovers who can never be united. Turkey has drifted away from the membership process, the rule of law has declined and it has moved closer to Russia. Even so, the author argues, the EU should not give up on Turkey.
The EU’s Digital Markets Act designates the biggest technology companies, from Google to Meta, as “gatekeepers” and imposes new obligations on them. What will change for users?
Most Syrians who have left their country live in Turkey. Many dream of Europe, so why do they stay in Turkey? The EU–Turkey statement and the findings of field research.
According to sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, many of the refugees coming to Europe are not hungry, poor people but people who have lost their former standing. This view calls for migration policies to be rethought.
Built on human rights and the rule of law, the European Union is being tested by its own values in the face of migration and war. The first part of the Wild West series.
The EU transferred billions of euros to Turkey to stop Syrian migrants from crossing into Europe. Our authors assessed this bargain in terms of security, the economy and the social fabric.
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