On May 5th 2011, at Brussels, the Commission of the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions made a communication regarding migration aspects inside the EU.
As EU room-press informed, discussions referred and pointed to many items as:
- Border controls;
- Schengen governance;
- Preventing irregular immigration;
- Moving and living in an area without internal borders;
- Building an inclusive society by integrating immigrants;
- Providing international protection to persons in need;
- The Global approach to migration.
The purpose of this Communication is to set recent and future policy proposals in a framework that takes account of all relevant aspects and allows the EU and its Member States to manage asylum, migration and mobility of third-country nationals in a secure environment.
We have to understand that some Member States, such as Italy, Malta, Greece and Cyprus are more directly exposed to massive arrivals of irregular migrants and, to a limited extent, of persons in need of international protection. This is not a national problem alone, but needs also to be addressed at the EU level and requires true solidarity amongst Member States.
The need to address this challenging and evolving situation should not lead to a short-term approach limited to border control without taking account of long-term issues. Dialogue and cooperation with countries of origin and of transit of these migrants is essential.
A comprehensive migration policy for non_EU-nationals based on common admission procedures, which treats third-country nationals fairly, will moreover contribute to the EU's future prosperity. To remain competitive and allow it to maintain its social model in a sustainable way, Europe needs to adopt measures to improve the employment rates of EU residents, but must at the same time take concrete steps to meet its projected labour needs via targeted immigration of third country nationals.
NB. Migration issues are having an increasingly significant political impact in the EU. Please note that in October 2008 European Council adopted a European Pact on Immigration and Asylum to give an impulse to the development of an EU common policy with five commitments: organizing legal migration, fighting against irregular migration, strengthening the external borders, building an EU asylum system and creating a global partnership for migration and development.
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