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Why has immigration become such a big issue again?
Only this April, the EU finalised its new “asylum and migration pact” after almost a decade of often fraught negotiations.
Criticised by rights groups, the pact aims to strengthen the EU's external borders and accelerate returns of unsuccessful asylum applicants, while also spreading the financial and practical burden of resettlement more fairly among member states.
Nonetheless, and despite the fact that irregular immigration into the EU is a fraction of what it was in 2015 (and has fallen more than 35% so far this year compared with 2023), a new anti-immigration mood is sweeping the bloc, driven in large part by the electoral success of far-right parties.
What anti-immigration steps are national governments taking?
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