Finding solutions to migratory pressures

The growing instability in the EU's southern neighbourhood has increased the number of people trying to reach the European Union. The EU is committed to providing a response to migratory pressures in the Mediterranean, by focusing on several goals:

+ protecting those in need and preventing further loss of life at sea
+ targeting the criminal networks of people smugglers and traffickers
+ addressing the root causes of illegal migration
+ providing avenues for legal migration

This page on the Council of the European Union's website presents an overview of the Council's perspective on this issue

ESO: Background information: Justice and Home Affairs Council, Luxembourg, 15-16 June 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/justice-and-home-affairs-council-luxembourg-15-16-june-2015/

ESO: Background information: Managing migration better in all aspects: A European Agenda on Migration http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-managing-migration-better-in-all-aspects-a-european-agenda-on-migration/

ECFR: Commentary, 26.06.15: Making a deal on migrations stick http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_making_a_deal_on_migrations_stick3059

ESO: Background information: EU migration meeting turns into fracas http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-migration-meeting-turns-into-fracas/

Council of the European Union: Presidency: Migration: EU action and state of play, 09.09.15 http://statewatch.org/news/2015/sep/eu-council-migration-state-of-play-11782-15.pdf

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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