Migration Challenging European Solidarity
Migration remains one of the most pressing and complex challenges for the European Union.
Today, European migration policy focuses on implementing the European Pact on Migration and Asylum: a multi-year approach that works towards a common return policy, better coordination of rescue operations, combating human trafficking and strengthening legal migration and integration.
Special attention is paid to tackling exploitation in the labour market.
In his talk, Commissioner Brunner will discuss the main pillars of European migration policy, with a particular focus on recent developments surrounding the European Pact on Migration and Asylum.
From his key role in policy-making, he outlines the political challenges and tensions that European Member States face in the migration debate.
The final question-and-answer session will provide participants with the opportunity to engage in dialogue with one of Europe’s leading policymakers on the topics of solidarity, responsibility, and human dignity.
This lecture is part of the UCSIA Winter School on European solidarity and migration. The event is open to a wide audience interested in European migration policy and contemporary social challenges.
The schedule
- 19:00 | Welcome and introduction by Erik De Bom, acting director of UCSIA
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19:10 | Keynote by Magnus Brunner, EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration
The next chapter on European Migration and Asylum Policy: a fair and firm system that manages migration and is true to European values
EU migration policy has reached a turning point. Ten years after the 2015 migration crisis, EU countries have agreed a far-reaching architecture for a new, more European system that balances solidarity and responsibility. The challenge is now to deliver on that, to change the narrative on migration, continue to honour our commitments and upholding our values. For this, work needs to continue to strengthen external borders, bolster relations with third countries to counter illegal immigration and migrant smuggling, and create the right conditions for more labour mobility.
- 20:00 | Q & A
- 20:30 | End of the programme
