Written by Anita Orav
The unprecedented influx of migrants on the EU’s southern borders, and the large numbers of tragic deaths of people attempting to cross the Mediterranean irregularly, has brought home the need for more effective management of migration to deal with the current situation. Gathered at the special meeting of the European Council on 23 April 2015, Member States’ leaders agreed on the urgent need to seek solutions to the escalating situation. The European Commission was tasked with proposing measures for immediate action, as well as policy options for the medium and longer term.
On 15 May 2015, the Commission presented its proposal for a European Agenda on Migration, which was followed on 27 May 2015 by the implementation plan for the first measures.
This first set of proposals, currently under debate among the Member States as well as various stakeholders, was discussed by the Interior Ministers of the Member States on 16 June 2015 and will subsequently be addressed in the European Council on 25 and 26 June 2015. The European Parliament is preparing an own-initiative report on a holistic approach to migration.
[…] item on the agenda. During the meeting, leaders will discuss a variety of topics, ranging from migration and security challenges to various economic issues, including review of the EU’s economic […]
[…] item on the agenda. During the meeting, leaders will discuss a variety of topics, ranging from migration and security challenges to various economic issues, including review of the EU’s economic […]
[…] EU action and measures for managing migration in the coming years (described in our briefing on First measures of the European Agenda on Migration). Debate at EU level over provisional measures for relocating asylum seekers arriving in Italy and […]
[…] part of the European Agenda on Migration, the Commission proposed on 9 September 2015 to establish a common EU list of safe countries of […]