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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11629
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Jha

Following Lesbos incidents, Medecins du Monde slams failure of EU's migration policy

In a press release, NGO Médecins du Monde criticises the failure of Europe’s immigration policy following the 19 September riots in the asylum-seekers’ welcome centre at Moria on the Greek island of Lesbos that ended in arson.  Teams of Médecins du Monde workers remained in the front line, explains the association, to ensure that unaccompanied children were transferred to a safe location.

Médecins du Monde says the example of the Moria welcome centre is symbolic as it is the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Commission drops 90-day limit for end of roaming
CLIMATE: EU tending towards ratification of Paris Agreement without awaiting member states
BIODIVERSITY: Ivory ban is still an EU priority for CITES meeting
INDUSTRY: Bienkowska meets heads of Uber and AirBnB
ENERGY: Šefčovič wants talks with Moscow on transit of Russian gas via Ukraine after 2019
AGRICULTURE: Some free-trade deals help overcome crisis, says Copa-Cogeca
JHA: Following Lesbos incidents, Medecins du Monde slams failure of EU's migration policy
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Painstaking resumption of work at Council to complete banking union
TAXATION: OECD calls on Commission to come into line with its tax havens criteria
FINANCE: Council  does not officially reject implementing measures for 'Priips' regulation
STATE AID: Commission reveals conditions for local public aid that do not require its approval
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Bratislava meeting decisive for EU-Canada deal
CANADA: BusinessEurope hails CETA's benefit and calls for swift implementation
NIGERIA: Commission soon to be authorised to negotiate irregular migrant returns agreement with Nigeria
MEDITERRANEAN: Agricultural opportunities and challenges
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ANIMAL WELFARE: Court of Justice opposes animal testing outside EU for cosmetics
TRANSPARENCY: Commission's refusal to grant access to internal documents cannot be justified by fact they are preliminary and may lead to external pressure 
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Discussions already starting to go wrong between countries over revision of EU financial framework
NEWS BRIEFS
URBAN AGENDA: Cities debate initiatives to improve workers' skills
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of EU adopts section of report on human rights in different countries 
INDUSTRY: Small business needs better recognition in digital strategy
TAXATION: EESC wants ambitious country-by-country public reporting
MOROCCO: EBRD loan to develop climate-friendly agricultural inputs
REGIONS: MEPs draw up positive assessment of cohesion policy in Greece
SOCIAL: FIEC firmly against revision of directive on posted workers
SYRIA: After attack on humanitarian convoy, EU calls for international law to be respected
TOGO: EU welcomes progress towards abolishing death penalty
TRANSPORT: European Day Without A Road Death launched
YEMEN: Further €40 million in emergency aid for the people of Yemen