Debate is continuing in the EU after the UK court ruling on the Rwanda scheme. Some countries want to push ahead with plans to send asylum seekers to third countries, under deals like the Italy-Albania accord.
The 11 people arrested by Europol are suspected of smuggling migrants from Greece to northern Europe by air. The arrests were announced on Wednesday after a joint Greek-Belgian investigation.
Greece received the highest amount of EU funds earmarked for migration of any member state in 2023.
Finland has proposed closing its border with Russia, which it accuses of turning a blind eye to undocumented migrants crossing into the nordic state.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met in Berlin on Tuesday and talked extensively about migration. Both are in favor of extending the EU-Turkey deal, to try and slow the number of migrants ar1