Migration Roundup, 22-10-2026

1. The Trump administration has secretly deported more than 25,000 migrants to countries with which they had no ties whatsoever.
2. Russia has imposed a curfew regime along its border with Estonia.
3. Lithuania’s Migration Department: applications from Central Asian nationals seeking work in the country are not being accepted.
4. Canada has changed its permanent residence rules for those who change jobs or employers.
5. Spain’s Ministry of Inclusion and Migration has issued guidance for foreign nationals on how to receive electronic notifications from the immigration service without a digital certificate.
6. The European Commission has published a preliminary document on a possible reform of the rules for issuing short-stay Schengen visas.
7. EU member states were prepared to lift sanctions on Usmanov and Fridman, but the decision was blocked by Latvia.
8. In the Netherlands, police have detained the CEO of a subsidiary of the Russian IT corporation ITG, whose founder developed the SORM surveillance system.

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