HCSS’s summer monitor gives the Netherlands a narrow pass – and then strips away the comfort. For the fourth measurement in a row, Dutch citizens rate social stability at 6.1. That looks steady. It is not reassuring.

InfoSecurity24’s report turns France’s cocaine boom into a grim warning on internal security. A drug once linked to elites and nightclubs has gone mass-market, reaching workers, farmers, the poor and people crushed by stress, long hours and social decline.

InfoSecurity24’s report turns Spain’s migrant regularisation drive into a sharp warning for Europe. Madrid expected roughly half a million people to use the scheme.

The EU’s new Migration and Asylum Pact has entered into force, but the CIDOB opinion argues that Brussels is still selling certainty where there is far too much doubt. The reform is meant to prove that Europe can finally manage asylum, returns, border pressure and solidarity in one coherent system.

The EU is stepping deeper into the Channel migration fight, promising more staff, more surveillance and tighter co-operation with Britain and France. The RFI report shows Brussels trying to turn one of Europe’s most politically toxic routes into a managed security operation.

Europe’s migration debate is dominated by border fences, asylum numbers and political battles. The DIIS study argues that one of the worst aspects of the migration system remains largely ignored: the industrial-scale sexual violence suffered by migrants travelling along African-European routes.

A new UK–France migration deal is being sold as a breakthrough. In reality, it is another expensive attempt to contain a crisis that neither side has managed to stop. London will hand over up to £660 million to France over three years to curb small-boat crossings, with part of the money tied to results.