| Author (Corporate) | United Kingdom: House of Lords: Select Committee on the European Union |
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| Publisher | The Stationery Office (TSO) |
| Series Title | 4th Report |
| Series Details | (2015-16)HL46 |
| Publication Date | 03/11/2015 |
| Content Type | Policy-making, Report |
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Following the unprecedented numbers of migrants entering into Europe during 2015, the House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee published a report in November 2015 calling for a more balanced humanitarian and law enforcement response in the EU's fight against migrant smuggling. The European Commission adopted a wide-ranging European Agenda on Migration on 13 May 2015, with a view in part to addressing the current refugee crisis, the greatest humanitarian problem to have faced the European Union since its foundation. The EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling (2015–2020), published on 27 May 2015, was one of the measures foreseen in the EU Agenda on Migration. The Action Plan aims 'to counter and prevent migrant smuggling while ensuring the protection of the human rights of migrants'. The Committee intended that its report would inform the European Commission's review of EU legislation on migrant smuggling, due to be published in 2016 along with proposed reforms. |
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| Source Link | http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldeucom/46/46.pdf |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
