Border management
EU states get ready for new migration and asylum “solidarity” measures
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EU states get ready for new migration and asylum “solidarity” measures
On 10 June the Council’s Asylum Working Party discussed “solidarity” measures introduced by the Pact on Migration and Asylum. The measures are part of the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation.
Member states will be able to demonstrate their “solidarity” by accepting applicants for international protection relocated from another EU member state, or by funding “actions in Member States related to the area of migration, reception, asylum, pre-departure reintegration border management and operational support.”
As Statewatch previously reported, solidarity can include measures in “third countries,” such as “enhancing the capacity of asylum and reception,” supporting “voluntary” return programmes and anti-trafficking and anti-smuggling projects and operations.
At its June meeting, the Asylum Working Party was due to receive an update on the “Implementation of solidarity contributions.” The Commission gave a presentation on the topic (pdf), which was released to Statewatch in response to an access to documents request.
Solidarity, however, also seems to mean secrecy. The majority of the presentation is censored. This presumably includes any information on exactly which contributions have been made by which member states. More transparency may be forthcoming this month, when the Commission publishes the first “Annual Asylum and Migration Report.”
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