Press Release: Commission makes progress on a European Agenda on Migration

On 4 March 2015 the European Commission launched work on a comprehensive European Agenda on Migration. The College of Commissioners held a first orientation debate on key actions to step up the EU's efforts to implement the existing tools and cooperation in managing migration flows from third countries.

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: MEMO/15/4544, 04.03.15: Towards a Comprehensive European Migration Policy: 20 years of EU Action http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-4544_en.htm

ESO: Background information: EU immigration and asylum: are we up to the challenge? http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-immigration-and-asylum-are-we-up-to-the-challenge/

EurActiv, 05.03.15: Avramopoulos: We talk to dictatorial regimes to fight migration http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/avramopoulos-we-cooperate-dictatorial-regimes-fight-migration-312647

EUObserver, 06.03.15: EU keen for overseas delegations to handle asylum requests https://euobserver.com/justice/127890

Deutsche Welle, 21.03.15: EU seeks to deter Mediterranean refugees http://dw.de/p/1Ev0w

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

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