ICMPD-Review-2015

ICMPD Annual Report 2015
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Capacity Building
Policy responses by the EU
13 May
EC: European Agenda
on Migration
saving lives, hotspots, relocation
Operations ‘Triton’ and ‘Poseidon’
Proposal for relocation and resettlement
‘Hotspot’ approach
EUR 60 million for front-line EU states
EUR 30 million for North Africa and
the Horn of Africa
9 September
EC: Second Implementation Package
quota, safe countries of origin,
addressing root causes
Relocation of 120,000 refugees within Europe
+ permanent crisis relocation mechanism
Common list of safe countires of origin
Action plan on return, return handbook
Addressing the external dimension of the crisis:
EUR 1.8 billion Trust Fund for Africa
2015 2016
27 May
EC: First Implementation Package
emergency relocation, resettlement,
fight against smuggling
Emergency response mechanism to assist Italy and
Greece Relocation of 40,000 refugees within the EU
Resettlement of 20,000 refugees from outside Europe
Action plan against migrant smuggling
End of 2015
EU: Managing the Crisis
return, EU-Turkey cooperation,
resettlement
Proposal for new travel documents for return
Sweden requests opt-out from EU relocation mechanism
EU-Turkey action plan agreement includes resettlement,
and EUR 3 billion financial support
Responses
on a national level
2015 was marked by heated debates
over responsibility-sharing and the distribution
of asylum seekers in Europe.
This led to policy reforms at the national
level in several countries.
EU Member States marked in orange
plan to or have already amended their
asylum legislation in response to the
large num ber of refugees and migrants
arriving in Europe.
In most cases, these changes mean
tightening legislation and restrictions
to the rights of asylum seekers.