Migration and Home Affairs

Responsibilities

The Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) is the European Commission’s department responsible for Internal security, Migration, and Border management. Under Commissioner Magnus Brunner’s leadership, DG HOME works closely with EU Member States and Agencies, international organisations and other stakeholders to develop and implement effective policies at EU level.

To ensure a safer, more secure Union online and offline, DG HOME’s work on internal security includes countering terrorism and organised crime, preventing radicalisation, protecting critical infrastructure and public spaces and fighting cybercrime and child sexual abuse. DG HOME is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum, working with Member States to manage migration, open legal pathways and develop a common approach to returns. To deliver stronger common borders, DG HOME is putting in place an integrated border management approach for the EU, enhancing EU border security, with the goal of ensuring a complete and fully functioning Schengen area.

Migration and home affairs website

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