The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, announced its plans to establish ‘an EU list of safe countries of origin’ which will include Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India ...

EuroMed Rights, an umbrella group, said some of the countries featured in the EU list suffered from "documented rights abuses and limited protections for both their own citizens and migrants".

The EU list, criticised by human rights groups, would allow "member states to process asylum claims of nationals from countries on the list in an accelerated procedure, on the basis that their ...

The European Union on Wednesday published a list of seven countries it considers "safe", in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations to claim asylum in ...

The EU is set to tighten its visa suspension rules, expanding the reasons it can revoke visa-free travel for 61 countries. New triggers include human rights violations, hybrid threats, and ...

The European Union on Wednesday, April 16, published a list of seven countries it considers "safe," in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations to claim ...

The European Union has published a list of seven countries it considers "safe", in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations to claim asylum in the bloc.