Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the development of the European Migration Network

Council Decision 2008/381/EC formally established the European Migration Network (EMN), its purpose being to provide up-to-date, objective, reliable and comparable information on migration and asylum, with a view to supporting policymaking in the European Union in these areas.

The EMN does this via a multilevel network co-ordinated by the European Commission, with the support of two Service Providers, in co-operation with EMN National Contact Points (EMN NCPs) established in each Member State plus Norway, who in turn develop national networks comprising of a wide range of relevant stakeholders. More recently, Croatia now participates as an observer. The EMN also networks at EU level via collaborations with other relevant EU/international bodies. Political guidance on the activities of the EMN is provided by a Steering Board, chaired by the European Commission and consisting of one representative from each participating Member State plus Observers from Denmark, Norway and the European Parliament.

Four years after the adoption of its legal basis, it is now timely to take stock of the progress made by the European Migration Network and consider how it should evolve, including in the context of the next multiannual financial framework beyond 2013.

EUR-Lex: COM(2012)427: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:427:FIN

European Commission: SWD(2012)240: European Migration Network Status Report 2011 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2012:0240:FIN:EN:PDF

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