--- title: "EU migration chief comments on Pakistan's Schengen visa refusal rate" description: "Most outlets reported that the EU migration chief, Magnus Brunner, described Pakistan's nearly 50% Schengen visa refusal rate as \"too much\" and called for easier legal migration channels. The Express Tribune emphasized the EU's desire for more legal migration from Pakistan, while Minute Mirror focused on the high refusal rate and the EU's call for improved travel policies. Both excerpts framed the EU's stance as a request for reform but did not elaborate on the reasons behind the visa rejections or Pakistan's response." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/14401-eu-calls-pakistan-s-nearly-50-schengen-visa-ref site: HarZaviya language: en --- # EU migration chief comments on Pakistan's Schengen visa refusal rate pakistan · updated 15 Oct 2026, 3:05 PM PKT · 15 Oct 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the EU migration chief, Magnus Brunner, described Pakistan's nearly 50% Schengen visa refusal rate as "too much" and called for easier legal migration channels. The Express Tribune emphasized the EU's desire for more legal migration from Pakistan, while Minute Mirror focused on the high refusal rate and the EU's call for improved travel policies. Both excerpts framed the EU's stance as a request for reform but did not elaborate on the reasons behind the visa rejections or Pakistan's response. ## Same story from 3 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **ProPakistani** — [EU Calls Pakistan’s Nearly 50% Schengen Visa Rejection Rate ‘Too Much’](https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/15/eu-calls-pakistans-nearly-50-schengen-visa-rejection-rate-too-much/) · 15 Oct 2026, 3:05 PM PKT > European Union Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner has called Pakistan’s nearly 50% Schengen visa rejection rate “too… Read More - **Minute Mirror** — [EU calls Pakistan’s nearly 50% Schengen visa ref...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/eu-calls-pakistans-nearly-50-schengen-visa-refusal-rate-too-much-644857/) · 15 Oct 2026, 11:48 AM PKT · 90% identical wording to the newest filing > EU migration chief Magnus Brunner calls Pakistan’s nearly 50% Schengen visa refusal rate too high and urges easier legal travel, better.... - **The Express Tribune** — [EU wants more legal migration from Pakistan](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2634922/eu-wants-more-legal-migration-from-pakistan) · 15 Oct 2026, 2:24 AM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > Bloc's migration chief terms Pakistan's nearly 50% Schengen visa refusal rate 'too much' ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Pakistan and EU discuss expanding legal migration cooperation](https://harzaviya.com/stories/14009-pakistan-eu-agree-to-boost-cooperation-against-illegal) · 14 Oct 2026 · 10 outlets · 79% related - [Pakistan reports 64% drop in illegal migration to Europe](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8990-illegal-immigration-from-pakistan-to-europe-dropped-by-64) · 18 Sep 2026 · 7 outlets · 71% related 3 articles from 3 outlets, 15 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.