The Spanish Presidency Programme sets out the following priorities in the area of asylum and migration:

• to conclude the negotiations on the dossiers that make up the Pact on Migration and Asylum before the end of the European Parliament’s term;
   
• to foster preventive collaboration with the countries of origin and transit by means of tangible political, operational and economic cooperation;
   
• to maximize the potential of voluntary returns and reintegration, exploring formulas for financial assistance, including Latin America and the Caribbean in the geographical scope of action;
   
• to achieve results through the two proposals for Directives on legal migration currently being negotiated, which seek to streamline procedures, protect migrant workers, strengthen their migratory status, and facilitate intra-EU mobility for long-term residents;
   
• to give support and protection to the persons displaced by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine for as long as they wish to remain abroad and until it is safe for them to return;
   
• to progress on the proposal for Regulation to establish new rules to strengthen the use of Advance Passenger Information (API) data;
   
• to continue improving the functioning of the Schengen area as an area of free movement without internal border controls, and to promote intelligent and secure mobility management across external borders;
   
• to continue the fight against trafficking in human beings, promoting cooperation with third countries, in particular with Latin America and the Caribbean.

For further information, please read the full Spanish Presidency Programme.

You can also read UNHCR and IOM's recommendations to the Spanish Presidency, which are available below.