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As Europe shifts right, governments stiffen migration policies

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The success of far-right parties in elections in key European countries is prompting even centrist and left-wing governments to tighten policies on migration.

Germany reimposed border controls on Western frontiers that are supposed to see freedom of movement in the European Union's Schengen zone.

The Netherlands announced Wednesday that it had requested from Brussels an opt-out from EU rules on asylum.

Cyprus suspended the processing of asylum applications from Syrian applicants, while laws have appeared authorising pushbacks at the border in Finland and Lithuania .

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