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EU eyes migration clampdown with push on deportations, visas

From left: German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany and EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner at the holocaust Memorial in Berlin, on January 27, 2026. [AFP]

The European Union on Thursday laid out plans to overhaul its visa system and step up deportations as part of a five-year migration strategy that cements a hardening line on the hot-button issue.

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