Conclusions of Justice and Home Affairs Council of 26-27 February 2009
- Document number
- 1951
- Date
- 2009
- Title
- Conclusions of Justice and Home Affairs Council of 26-27 February 2009
- Author/publisher
- European Commission, European Union
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
- Keywords
- Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures, Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
- Summary
- On 26 February, Justice and Home Affairs ministers from 27 Member States welcomed the Commission's proposal on the European Asylum Support Office. They asked for the relevant council bodies to continue working on the proposal as quickly as possible in order to receive an early approval by the Council and the European Parliament to make the Office operational by 2010.
Concerning the situation of Iraqi refugees in Europe, the Council agreed to continue monitoring developments. Moreover, Justice and Home Affairs ministers took note of information provided by the Netherlands on the establishment of a "Temporary desk on Iraq". The aim of the Desk would be to determine how immigration services could improve their practical cooperation on protection, particular pressures, resettlement and return. Furthermore during the meeting, Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta presented an awareness raising paper and suggested that EU action on the challenges posed by irregular migration and asylum in the Mediterranean region needs to be taken. This paper is considered by the Council to be of valuable input in the preparation of the upcoming Stockholm programme. (source: ECRE weekly bulletin)
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