Deepening cooperation on migration through comprehensive, balanced and tailor-made partnerships with key countries of origin and transit.
Stepping up cooperation in 5 key areas:
Supporting countries which host refugees and host communities
Creating economic opportunities close to home, especially for youth
Fighting migrant smuggling
Improving return and readmission, stepping up voluntary returns and helping reintegration
Developing orderly channels for legal migration
Achieving common aims by acting together
- Partnerships bringing together a wide range of policies education, development, visas, trade, agriculture, job creation, research, energy, environment or climate change
- Strategic, coordinated, flexible use of EU financing tools
- The EU and Member States working hand in hand
- A coherent migration approach on all levels: bilateral, regional and global
Profitable business for criminal networks:
€330 million in profits on Western and Central Mediterranean routes during 2017-2019.
New 2021-2025 EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling
Anti-Smuggling Operational Partnerships have been launched to strengthen the cooperation with key partner countries to counter migrant smuggling both in terms of political commitments and operational cooperation:
- Morocco (8 July 2022)
- Niger (15 July 2022)
- Western Balkans region (4 November 2022)
- Tunisia (27 April 2023)
Effective implementation of existing readmission agreements and exploring options including through factual assessments on cooperation with partner countries
Mobilise different policies to incentivise and improve cooperation on return and readmission
Promote voluntary return and reintegration including through dedicated Strategy
3) Talent Partnerships for better job opportunities at home and legal routes to the EU
Supporting legal migration with key partners, scaling up existing cooperation
Work / training mobility schemes with EU funding and matching EU vacancies and skills needs
Capacity building for vocational training and re-integration of returning migrants
Working together with ministries, employers and social partners, training institutions, diaspora