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The Action Plan aims at supporting Member States in the integration of third-country nationals and their economic and social contribution to the EU. It will be accompanied by a legal proposal to reform the rules on highly skilled migrants coming to the EU to work.
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Main theme: Integration, Economic migration
Keywords: Immigrant integration, EU blue card
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Today the Commission is reporting on progress in the fight against trafficking in human beings. The report presents trends, progress and challenges in this field. Efforts must be stepped up to effectively fight this phenomenon.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: anti-trafficking, EU strategy, prevention, prosecution, protection
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How fundamental rights have been applied in the European migration policy in 2015 ? This is one of the question addressed by the report.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: fundamental rights
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The Commission has today proposed a Recommendation, to be decided upon by the Council, to prolong proportionate controls at certain internal Schengen borders for a maximum period of six months.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration
Keywords: border control, Greek Action Plan, Schengen borders code
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The new directive regulates the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data in the EU. Its main objective: the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: security, passenger name record
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The European Commission today's proposals are part of a major reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) as outlined in its Communication of 6 April 2016.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: Common European Asylum System, reform
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The Commission has announced today the approval of new actions in the Horn of Africa region under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, External Dimension
Keywords: EU Emergency Trust Fund, Horn of Africa
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The Commission finds that good progress has been made to implement the EU-Turkey Statement.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Return & Readmission
Keywords: EU-Turkey Statement, resettlement
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Today the European Commission is launching the process for a reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and developing safe and well-managed pathways for legal migration to Europe.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: Common European Asylum System
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Today, the Commission is reporting on the implementation of the temporary emergency relocation schemes and the European resettlement scheme. The report summarises the challenges and proposes recommendations to improve the implementation of these schemes.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: resettlement, relocation
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Today the Commission proposes a new Emergency Assistance Instrument for faster crisis response within the EU.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: european assistance instrument, humanitarian crisis, refugee crisis
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The Labour Market Observatory (LMO) of the European Economic and Social Committee is holding a public seminar on “Integrating refugees into the labour market: turning the crisis into an opportunity”.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: labour market integration, refugee crisis
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The European Commission has launched a public consultation to gather views on the functioning of the existing legislation aiming at preventing and countering migrant smuggling and on what could be done to further strengthen it.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: EU legislation, public consultation
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Looking at the migration/refugee crisis, the College of Commissioners looked back at measures taken in 2015 and the initiatives to be presented in 2016 to further develop collective European action and deliver clear and tangible results.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration, External Dimension
Keywords: European Agenda on Migration, migration crisis, refugee crisis
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The launch event of the European Dialogue on Skills and Migration aims to help the Commission understand what to do better to maximize the benefits of migration for the EU as a whole.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: labour shortage, migrant entrepreneurship, migrants' skills
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The Commission is proposing to establish a European Border and Coast Guard and also to introduce systematic checks against relevant databases for all people entering and exiting the Schengen area.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: European Border and Coast Guard, external border, Schengen area, security
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The European Commission has today presented a recommendation for a voluntary humanitarian admission scheme to create a system of solidarity and responsibility sharing with Turkey for refugees from Syria.
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Main theme: Asylum, External Dimension
Keywords: humanitarian admission, solidarity, Syrian refugees, temporary protection, Turkey
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Between 2014 and 2020, the EU will support Niger through the Emergency Trust Fund, inter alia to better manage migration flows, through improved border management and increased support to fight against trafficking and smuggling networks.
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Main theme: Migration, External Dimension
Keywords: development cooperation, EU Emergency Trust Fund, Niger
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Today the European Commission decided to increase the level of cofinancing for the transport of the assistance via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, following activation of the mechanism by Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia and Croatia.
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Main theme: Reception
Keywords: EU Civil Protection Mechanism, refugee crisis
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During a meeting on 25 October, leaders from countries facing challenges along the Western Balkans Migration Route agreed on a 17-point plan of action.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: refugee crisis, migration crisis, Western Balkans
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Today, the European Commission adopted two decisions in relation to the EU's Emergency Trust Fund for Africa announced by President Juncker in his State of the Union speech last September
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Main theme: Migration, Cross-sectional
Keywords: Global Approach on Migration and Mobility
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The European Commission collects views and opinions, as well as ideas and knowledge, to elaborate a revised Smart Borders Package.
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: smart border
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On 14 September 2015, an extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting was held in Brussels to discuss Europe's response to the current refugee crisis.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: refugee, relocation
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Today, the European Commission put forward a package of proposals to help address the refugee crisis that EU Member States and neighbouring countries are facing, including by tackling the root causes making people seek refuge in Europe.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: refugee crisis, relocation, safe country of origin
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The Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union has convened an extraordinary "Justice and Home Affairs" Council focused on Europe's response to the current migration crisis.