Andrew McKinlay 🔶

Communications and Press Officer @EUAsylumAgency.
Unapologetic European and internationalist 🇪🇺 🇧🇪 🇬🇧

[Valérie Hayer @ValerieHayer]

Aujourd’hui entre en vigueur le Pacte européen sur l’asile et la migration.

Ce Pacte, c’est LA réponse européenne à un défi qui dépasse les frontières nationales. Nous l’avons initié et défendu, notamment lors de la Présidence française du Conseil de l’Union européenne, en responsabilité.

Parce que n’en déplaise aux nationalistes et aux démagogues : la bonne réponse sur l’immigration, c’est la réponse européenne.

Celle qui permet de mieux contrôler nos frontières extérieures, de lutter plus efficacement contre l’immigration illégale, d’améliorer les retours des personnes qui n’ont pas vocation à rester sur le territoire européen et de partager équitablement les responsabilités entre États membres.

Concrètement, le Pacte :

• renforce les contrôles aux frontières extérieures de l’Union européenne,
• accélère les procédures d’asile,
• améliore l’identification des personnes arrivant sur le territoire européen
• et s’appuie sur les capacités de Frontex pour mieux contrôler les flux migratoires et rendre les retours plus efficaces.

Lorsqu’il s’est agi de voter ces mesures permettant de mieux contrôler les flux migratoires, ni le RN, ni LR, ni le PS n’ont été au rendez-vous.

Tous ont refusé de soutenir ce Pacte européen sur l’asile et la migration, pourtant indispensable pour reprendre le contrôle de notre politique migratoire.

Tous ont fait le choix des postures et des calculs électoraux.

Avec @RenewEurope nous assumons le fait que l’immigration est un sujet politique majeur. Et qu’à ce titre, il doit être traité avec sérieux, méthode et efficacité. Avec pragmatisme et non dogmatisme.

Face à un défi européen, il fallait une réponse européenne. Aujourd’hui, cette réponse existe. À nous désormais de l’appliquer pleinement.

[Jorge Liboreiro @JorgeLiboreiro]

🚨 Big news: The 27 EU countries have unanimously agreed to open the first cluster of accession negotiations, known as "Fundamentals", with Ukraine and Moldova.

There's no veto that can stop this. The ceremony will take place on Monday.

Full story.
https://t.co/aJNfMrO4kk

[EU Agency for Asylum - EUAA @EUAsylumAgency]

Today, the Pact on Migration and Asylum enters into application. After two years of preparation, the EUAA continues to support its implementation across the 🇪🇺 https://t.co/1jiUH9nKwG

[PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @PubAffairsEU]

#Migration: #Swiss vote on migration cap threatens #EU ties, by @magnuslundniels | Euractiv
https://t.co/Kidh3MBwRU

[Julien Hoez @JulienHoez]

France and Germany want to gut the EEAS, but dismantling the EU's diplomatic service won't fix EU foreign policy. The problem is structural.

https://t.co/QDCIqXZzOG

[euronews @euronews]

Apple’s Siri AI delay has turned the DMA from a Brussels bubble debate into a consumer issue. The DMA is meant to ensure a fair market, but what are the measurable benefits for consumers and founders?
➡️ https://t.co/laHCdZlwgY

[UNHCR News @RefugeesMedia]

With 7 in 10 refugees living in long-term displacement, UNHCR chief calls for renewed push for solutions
https://t.co/mPMmfIhBTK

[AppleGeek @Apple_Geek_Actu]

✨😤Une pétition est lancée pour avoir au plus vite Siri AI en Europe

Alors qu’Apple a confirmé l’arrivée de Siri AI plus tard cette année, nous, les utilisateurs européens d’iPhone, ne sommes pas concernés.

Face à cette situation, un développeur iOS basé en Italie a créé une pétition afin de montrer à Apple et aux régulateurs européens que de nombreux utilisateurs souhaitent accéder aux nouvelles fonctionnalités de Siri AI.

L’objectif est de rassembler un max de signatures pour tenter d’accélérer l’arrivée de Siri AI en Europe.

Allez voter un max sur https://t.co/dXG335TJPd.

À nous aussi de faire bouger les choses !

Source : @ferrantelorenzo

[EU Agency for Asylum - EUAA @EUAsylumAgency]

Since April 2025, Somalia 🇸🇴 has recorded its highest level of violence in three years. Mogadishu remains the country's largest displacement hub, hosting over 1.1 million IDPs.

Two new EUAA reports support the assessment of asylum applications in 🇪🇺 https://t.co/xiamXZuwKr

[Connor Jewiss @jewiss]

EXCLUSIVE: Apple and the EU are telling very different stories on Siri AI, and right now, it's a standoff.

Apple's press release and comments to @LelloucheNico say the DMA would force it to give rival assistants deep access to messages, files, photos, app actions, and personal context, creating privacy/security risks.

I reached out to the EU Commission for comment, and they discussed it today (video below).

They said nothing in the DMA blocks Siri AI. Apple can launch it if it complies, but it must give rivals "equivalent access" and can’t use iOS to favour its own AI.

Apple proposed a “Trusted System Agent” and an 18-month rollout to ensure only approved third-party agents could run. The Commission says they weren't "DMA-compliant interoperability proposals."

Whatever that means.

This is a standoff over who controls the AI layer on iPhone. The EU isn’t protecting user choice here. It’s trying to regulate the iPhone’s AI layer, and EU users are the ones losing out.

iPhone users can already download ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Perplexity. Apps like @poppysimplified can use your Mac to get system-level access for AI assistant apps.

The EU is demanding default, system-level access for any third-party app that claims to be an AI assistant. Which is dangerous, especially given Apple's privacy-focused AI stance. Apple, respectably, is not bowing down.

[LIBE Committee Press @EP_Justice]

📢 Invitation: 🇪🇺 Migration Pact briefing👇

📆 10/6 🕒 9:15-10:15

🗣️@tomastobe, Birgit Sippel @TheProgressives, @Jorgebuxade & @fabienne_keller
️🗣️@LenaDuepontMdEP, @JFLopezAguilar, Alessandro Ciriani @ecrgroup & @MatjaNemec
📺https://t.co/C3aDqfO6rN
📄https://t.co/vDymcOEmTj

[EU Agency for Asylum - EUAA @EUAsylumAgency]

Ahead of the new EU Asylum Procedure Regulation applying on 12 June, the EUAA has published an updated Practical Guide on Subsequent Applications, helping EU+ authorities assess repeat asylum requests under the new Pact rules 📃

Learn more: https://t.co/1HW14RTNkS

[EU Agency for Asylum - EUAA @EUAsylumAgency]

Ahead of the new EU Asylum Procedure Regulation applying on 12 June, the EUAA has published a Practical Guide on the Asylum Border Procedure, supporting EU+ authorities in implementing key Pact rules and strengthening cooperation amongst member states 📃 https://t.co/aKn7CdsJGZ

[EU Agency for Asylum - EUAA @EUAsylumAgency]

After the 2025 presidential election, Belarus 🇧🇾 authorities intensified their crackdown on political opposition.

📋 A new EUAA Country of Origin report supports the assessment of asylum applications in 🇪🇺 https://t.co/nQ1SVkAHR2

[EU Agency for Asylum - EUAA @EUAsylumAgency]

💡 In March 2026, Iranians lodged around 800 asylum applications in the EU+, ranking 22nd among all citizenships despite the ongoing conflict.

ℹ️ 🇻🇪 nationals continued to lodge the most applications, followed by 🇦🇫.

📄 Read the latest #AsylumTrends: https://t.co/g80WQ6uZ47

[Jorge Liboreiro @JorgeLiboreiro]

🚨 Full story: Hungary has lifted its two-year-long veto on Ukraine's bid to join the European Union, ending a political saga that sent relations between Budapest and Kyiv to an all-time low.

With @BertuzLuca.
https://t.co/2KNvn6hCsT

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

On Tony Blair’s “weapon of war” “essay”, Ed Davey asks, is the PM concerned that he’ll be remember as “neither radical nor sensible”?

Starmer quips that he’s surprised Davey hasn’t done more to welcome savings for family fun days and “soft play”

#PMQs https://t.co/lDUYT8cLGt

[LIBE Committee Press @EP_Justice]

📍 Press conference with rapp. @MalikAzmani

🗓 Tuesday 2 June
⏰ 10:00–10:30
📍 Anna Politkovskaya room (SPAAK 0A50)

📺The press conference will be livestreamed
https://t.co/4n0bPIP5KT

Journalists can attend in person or participate remotely via Interactio.

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[Roberta Metsola @EP_President]

An effective migration and asylum policy must be matched by a credible return policy.

This evening's deal on the new Returns Regulation - that complements the Pact on Migration and Asylum - will make the return of migrants with no right to stay in the EU faster and more consistent across Europe.

Thanks to @EP_Justice Rapporteur @zarzalejosj, Rapporteur @MalikAzmani, and all the @Europarl_EN team for reaching this agreement with @EUCouncil and @CY2026EU.

[Magnus Brunner @magnusbrunner]

Today’s agreement on new return rules marks an important step in the reform of the European migration management system. With the new rules, we have more control over who can come to the EU, who can stay, and who needs to leave.

https://t.co/jsnhN8L9vA