The draft Stockholm Programme was presented by the Presidency on 16 October 2009. Coreper held a first exchange of views on the Programme during its meetings on 21 and 22 October 2009. The European Council emphasizes the importance of the external dimension of the EU’s policy in the area of freedom, security and justice and underlines the need for the increased integration of these policies into the general policies of the European Union.
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The Stockholm Programme: EU-Africa Partnership on Migration, Mobility and Employment
November 24, 2009
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Policy Coherence for Development: draft Council Conclusions on Migration for Development
November 18, 2009The Presidency submitted the above draft Conclusions on Migration for Development, in relation with the issue of the Policy Coherence for Development. The objective of the draft Conclusions is to identify a number of challenges relating to Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), to be addressed by the Commission and the Member States.
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Draft Council Conclusions on Mobility Partnerships as a tool of the Global Approach to Migration
November 18, 2009The Presidency submitted the draft Conclusions on Mobility Partnerships as a tool of the Global Approach to Migration. Their objective is, taking into account the experience of the pilot Mobility Partnerships, to confirm the value of this cooperation instrument, which addresses the three components of the Global Approach (legal migration, illegal migration, migration and development) and to set criteria for the identification of third-countries with which the European Union could conclude new Mobility Partnerships. Read the draft council conclusions – pdf
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UN chief at 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development
November 6, 2009UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon outlined three challenges facing the planet on the issue of migration and placed emphasis on the problem of human trafficking, especially of women and children, in his address to the 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) that opened in Athens on 3rd of November.
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Global Forum on Migration and Development
November 5, 2009The third Global Forum on Migration and Development will be held in Athens on 4–5 November. Participants at the Forum will include UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the President of Greece and the Greek Prime Minister. The EU will be represented by Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström and the European Commission by Vice-President Jacques Barrot.
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