- The FSB has stepped up checks at the Finnish border in Karelia.
- Russian emigrants in Belgrade have filed a complaint about the French embassy, which is not releasing appointment slots for submitting Schengen visa applications.
- From 1 November 2026, Lithuania will close its migration application intake centres in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Poland’s Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) has explained why foreign nationals may have their 800+ benefit payments suspended and what data the agency checks.
- Spain’s Supreme Court has struck down part of the requirements in the new Regulation on Foreign Nationals.
- Portugal’s Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) has published its Migration and Asylum Report 2025.
- The Latvian government has backed a plan to tighten migration policy.
- 25 people have died in US immigration detention centres since the beginning of 2026.
- The Czech Republic is expelling Russians who were filming in Europe for the pro-war Z-channel Rybar.
- Under pressure from France and Luxembourg, the EU has lifted sanctions on billionaires Usmanov and Fridman. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will impose national sanctions against them.
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