Sustainable voluntary return and reintegration strategy - Related links

European Commission

• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - The EU strategy on voluntary return and reintegration, COM/2021/120 final
• Commission staff working document - The EU framework on return counselling and the Reintegration Assistance Tool Accompanying the document Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - The EU strategy on voluntary return and reintegration, SWD/2021/121 final
• Migration and Asylum Package: New Pact on Migration and Asylum documents adopted on 23 September 2020
• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Enhancing cooperation on return and readmission as part of a fair, effective and comprehensive EU migration policy, COM/2021/56 final
• Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals, OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 98–107
• Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (recast) A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018, COM/2018/634 final

European Parliament

• MEPs question whether the new Migration Pact will bring about real change
• Draft report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (recast) (COM(2018)0634 – C8-0407/2018 – 2018/0329(COD))

International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

• IOM Views on the Roadmap for the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum
• EU - IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration

European Council on Refugees and Exciles (ECRE)

• European Commission Publishes EU Strategy on Voluntary Return and Reintegration
• Joint Statement: The Pact on Migration and Asylum: to provide a fresh start and avoid past mistakes, risky elements need to be addressed and positive aspects need to be expanded

PICUM

• How the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum creates new loopholes to ignore human rights obligations

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

• European Strategy on Voluntary Return and Reintegration Advances Action within Bloc, Leaves More to Discuss with Countries of Migrant Origin
• The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum—A Bold Move to Avoid the Abyss?

CEPS

• Whose Pact? The Cognitive Dimensions of the New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

ETUC

• Commission should get Frontex under control, not give it more deportation powers
• ETUC Statement on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum

CEEP

• New Pact on Migration and Asylum and integration of migrants and refugees

ERRIN

• The European Return and Reintegration Network