Press Release: Refugee Crisis: European Commission reports on progress in implementation of priority actions

Ahead of the European Council of 15 October 2015, the European Commission on 14 October 2015 put on the table a Communication describing the State of Play of the implementation of the priority actions under the European Agenda on Migration.

This Communication to the European Council sets out the progress made on the operational measures, budgetary commitments and actions to implement EU law that were proposed by the Commission and endorsed by Heads of State and Government on 23 September.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council, Brussels, 22 September 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/extraordinary-justice-and-home-affairs-council-brussels-22-september-2015/

ESO: Background information: Meeting: European Council, 15-16 October 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-european-council-15-16-october-2015/

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

Deutsche Welle, 14.10.15: EU ponderously slow tackling refugee crisis http://dw.com/p/1GoYu

EUObserver, 14.10.15: EU states breaking pledges on migration https://euobserver.com/migration/130682

Politico, 14.10.15: Insiders: EU failing on migration http://www.politico.eu/article/insiders-eu-failing-on-migration/

EUObserver, 16.10.15: More EU states oppose 'permanent' refugee quotas https://euobserver.com/justice/130723

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: IP/15/5958, 30.10.15: State of Play: Measures to Address the Refugee Crisis http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-5958_en.htm

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: IP/15/6021, 06.11.15: State of Play: Measures to Address the Refugee Crisis http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6021_en.htm

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