The delegation of MEPs in charge of relations with Central America is visiting Costa Rica to evaluate the bilateral relationship and discuss: Human Rights, national policy, migration, sustainable development and environment. The group of MEPs led by the President of the Delegation for Relations with Central American Countries, Tilly Metz, will be in Costa Rica […]
The EU will invest 50 billion pesos in the socioeconomic integration of migrants and host communities in Colombia.
Migration is a global challenge that requires coordinated solutions and shared responsibilities. Since 2015, more than 7 million Venezuelans have left their country and 2.6 million have sought refuge in Colombia. Colombia’s policy of integration, protection and regularization of migrants has set a global example of solidarity, allowing Venezuelans to apply for a 10-year residency […]
Costa Rica launches the III National Integration Plan and the Protocol for the Protection and Assistance of Migrants
The Costa Rican Directorate General of Migration and Foreigners (DGME) and the MIEUX+ team jointly organized an event in San José on April 13, 2023. The event was an opportunity to present the National Integration Plan 2023-2027 and the Migrant Protection and Assistance Protocol and to celebrate the upcoming closure of the fifth successful project […]
Green light given to the reform of EU asylum and migration management
The Civil Liberties Committee endorsed on Tuesday a new approach to manage asylum and migration flows into the EU and specific rules to tackle crises. With 47 votes in favour, 17 against, and 1 abstention, MEPs adopted their position on the proposed update of the EU asylum and migration management regulation. The adopted text amends […]
Research position in migration and mobility studies in Germany
Offer Description The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology is one of the leading centres for research in social anthropology. Common to all research projects at the institute is the comparative analysis of social change; it is primarily in this domain that its researchers contribute to anthropological theory, though many programmes also have applied significance […]
Extraordinary European Council meeting: discussion on further assistance to Ukraine
Russia’s war against Ukraine, the economic situation in the EU and migration are on the agenda of EU leaders as they meet in Brussels for a special European Council meeting, which kicks off on 9 February. Agenda highlights: Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine EU leaders will discuss recent developments with regards to Russia’s war of […]
European Parliament agenda for 2023: renewables, digitization, migration
Renewable energy, the circular economy, migration and online security are all on Parliament’s agenda for 2023. Digital transformation Cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and data sharing will all be discussed by Parliament in 2023. MEPs will agree a position on a legal framework for artificial intelligence in January, which aims to introduce a common regulatory and […]
EU working together with African partners on migration: Launch of Team Europe initiatives
The EU and African partners have launched two Team Europe Initiatives (TEI) focused on the Atlantic/Western Mediterranean and the Central Mediterranean migratory routes to ensure joint efforts by Member States and the EU addressing the migration challenges that the EU and its partners of North Africa are confronted with due to the upsurge of irregular flows and […]
Commission proposes Action Plan to address challenges
Ahead of the Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council (Home Affairs) of 25 November 2022, the Commission is presenting an EU Action Plan on the Central Mediterranean. Whilst emphasising that structural solutions will only be found through agreement on the full set of asylum and migration reforms currently being negotiated, the Commission is proposing a […]