In a press release published today, the IOM encourages the Belgian and Hungarian Presidencies inter alia to:

• Ensure that the adoption and implementation of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum leads to more predictable, coordinated and humane response across all dimensions of migration and asylum. The IOM also invites the Belgian and the Hungarian Presidencies to maintain high engagement in refugee resettlement, to reinforce the implementation of relocation and to further develop partnerships with priority countries in Africa and Asia.
   
• Continue working to drive legislative proposals, such as the Single Permit Directive and the legislative proposal for the EU Talent Pool, that promise to harness the potential of regular pathways. The IOM stresses that these pathways could be pursued through innovative approaches based on multi-stakeholder cooperation, including networks and coalitions with public sector, private sector and civil society.
   
• Deliver solutions that offer choices for people to live safe, prosperous, and dignified lives in areas vulnerable to climate impacts, provide assistance and protection to people displaced by disasters, and help people to move safely and regularly to adapt to climate impacts.
   
• Promote safe, dignified returns and sustainable reintegration. In this regard, both Presidencies are invited to foster dialogue and partnership with countries of origin to promote co-responsibility and ownership of return and reintegration. They are also called to encourage a migrant-centered approach to return and reintegration counselling practices within the EU and with countries of origin.

For further details, please read the recommendations attached below.