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Die Bundeswehr hat – inzwischen planmäßig – mit der inzwischen 14. Rotation einen neuen deutschen Kommandeur an die Spitze der NATO-Battlegroup in Litauen gestellt: Oberstleutnant Andreas Kirchner, Kommandeur des Panzerbataillons 363 in Hardheim, übernahm die Führung der enhanced Forward Presence-Mission von Oberstleutnant Lars Neitzel. Das deutsche Kontingent in dieser Battlegroup, vor allem aber das Forward Command Element einer deutschen Brigade in Litauen, wechselte von Oberst Wolfgang Schmidt von der Panzergrenadierbrigade 41 auf Oberst Klaus-Peter Berger von der Panzerbrigade 12. Als

On 18 March 2016, the EU member states and Turkey concluded an agreement on the return of persons having arrived in Greece irregularly – in the hope of reducing the number of irregular migrants coming into the EU. After months of member states being unable to find a common response to the rising numbers of new arrivals, the agreement is considered a breakthrough by many observers. In fact, the agreement stands for a broader shift in EU refugee policy, which now focuses on the themes of border security, camps and quotas. This goes along with a reorientation from the previously prevalent individual asylum application towards a system where groups of refugees are accepted voluntarily (resettlement). This trend carries serious risks for refugee protection globally. At the same time, however, new forms of cooperation are taking shape that could strengthen the EU asylum system. (author's abstract)