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On 31 May, FRA attended the plenary of the EU Migration Preparedness and Crisis Blueprint.
From 15 to 17 May, FRA contributed to training on the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS).
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FRA’s Scientific Committee will hold an academic conference on 1 June in Lodz.
On 1 June, FRA will present the EU’s Fundamental Rights Charter to Austrian students during a conference organised by Südwind Association.
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The Eurostat task force on the EU gender-based violence survey will meet virtually from 1 to 2 June.
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From 1 to 2 June, FRA will take part in a meeting of the Working Group on Equality and Values.
Over the last eight years, the EU and its Member States took important steps to strengthen the fundamental rights protection of migrants and asylum seekers. But, despite progress, challenges persist ranging from the treatment of migrants at EU borders to difficult conditions in detention and reception centres, finds the latest migration bulletin from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).
On 25 May, Eurostat issued its ‘Sustainable development in the EU’ monitoring report on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the EU.
FRA held a consultation webinar on the upcoming report on how human rights defenders at risk in non-EU countries can enter and stay in the EU.
FRA met online with member organisations of the European Youth Forum to consult on their civic space challenges.
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Once again, FRA will sponsor the annual Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference in Brussels. This year, it takes place from 24 to 26 May.
On 24 May, FRA will present to members of the European Association of Lawyers its work, tools and material on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
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FRA will give a presentation on applying good practices to future relocation schemes during a meeting in Malta from 24 to 25 May.
FRA attended a workshop on the EU’s Entry-Exit-System.
The Swedish Presidency of the EU invited FRA and Europol to a discussion on artificial intelligence from a law enforcement perspective.
FRA was a speaker at a panel discussion on critical perspectives for equality data in combating discrimination.
An increased number of oversight bodies in EU Member States now monitors the work of intelligence services. But people whose human rights were violated still have difficulty getting justice, finds an update from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). It supports the work of the European Parliament Committee investigating the use of the Pegasus spyware (PEGA). The Parliament will adopt its final resolution on spyware in June 2023.
An ad hoc meeting of the EU Victims’ Rights Platform will take place on 23 May. FRA will join the meeting online.
FRA will join a conference on innovation on 23 May organised by the Court of Justice of the EU.