On 26 November 2024, the European Commission launched a new programme to support a Talent Partnership between the EU and Pakistan. The programme, that is funded with EUR 3 million from the EU, will enable the EU, its Member States, and Pakistan to develop a coherent set of actions on labour mobility and skills development.

Tijdens deze conferentie zal worden onderzocht hoe de voordelen van externe samenwerking op het gebied van migratie kunnen worden gemaximaliseerd. Een breed scala aan nationale en internationale deskundigen, waaronder beleidsmakers uit EU- en niet-EU-landen, mensen uit de praktijk en onderzoekers, zal discussiëren over de uitdagingen en onderdelen van effectieve migratiepartnerschappen, waarbij mogelijkheden voor zowel evenwichtige als alomvattende samenwerking en innovatieve benaderingen worden verkend.

On 21 October 2024, the European Ombudsman closed her inquiry on respect for human rights in the context of the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). She concluded, inter alia, that the Commission should set out the criteria on which the suspension of contracts due to violations of human rights in the implementation of EU-funded projects in Tunisia would be based. These criteria should be made public.

Fifteen European countries plead with the European Commission to go beyond the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. They push for comprehensive, mutually beneficial and durable partnerships with third countries located along the migratory routes. They also want to inter alia explore solutions aimed at rescuing migrants on the high seas and bringing them to a predetermined place of safety in a partner country outside the EU.

On 2 May 2024, President von der Leyen was with Cypriot President Christodoulides in Beirut to announce a financial package of EUR 1 billion for Lebanon to contribute to the country's socio-economic stability and to migration management. The deal has already received criticism from various quarters.

During the first half of 2024, pivotal policy and political developments in the area of asylum and migration were put on the agenda, including the voting of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum by the European Parliament, and the European elections. At this critical juncture, there is a need for credible evidence, established expertise and open dialogue on the direction and shape of future policymaking. Within this context, MIGNEX is convening a high-level Policy Conference on EU migration and development policy.

At the request of the European Ombudsman, an inquiry was launched into the European Commission's approach to ensuring respect for human rights in the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) “on a strategic and global partnership”. This inquiry follows concerns about the absence of a prior human rights impact assessment in the context of the Memorandum.

In a joint Declaration signed in Cairo on 17 March 2024, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the European Union agreed to elevate their relationship to the level of a strategic and comprehensive partnership. The document identifies specific areas of cooperation, including migration and mobility.

Dit Eurostat nieuwsbericht geeft aan dat transfers van arbeidsmigranten in 2011 stegen tot 39,1 miljard euro, wat een stijging is van 2% in vergelijking met 2010

Deze conferentie zal plaatsvinden in het kader van het project: "Bewustmaking van de risico's die verbonden zijn aan irreguliere migratie en ondersteuning bij reïntegratie van migratie in de Democratische Republiek Congo."

ISC Intelligence in Science, samen met Europees Parlementslid Emer Costello MEP, organiseren een seminarie rond de impact van diaspora op de prioriteiten binnen de Europese beleidsvoering.

Het GFMD 2012 zal voor 2012 de focus leggen op op de versterking van de ontwikkeling van migranten en hun bijdrage tot de ontwikkeling van gemeenschappen. Een voorlopige agenda voor het GFMD werd voorgesterd op de High Level Working Group on Asylum and Migration op 13 september.

The workshop aims at sharing ideas on the relevance of mobility partnerships and projects supporting their implementation as well as enhancement of collaboration and funding opportunities.

The conference aims to foster the exchange of practices and experience among present and potential partners and to raise awareness of Mobility Partnerships in their full multidimensionality and reflect on their future.

The first issue on "Global Perspectives on Migration and Development" explores fresh strategies proposed by the GFMD in its fourth year of operation in Mexico and beyond.

Het handboek werd voorgesteld en becomentarieerd door panelleden van IOM, MPI, de Zweedse Ambassadeur voor 'the Global Forum on Migration and Development' (GFMD) zowel als door vertegenwoordigers van de Europese Commissie, de Raad van het 'Diaspora Forum for Development' en andere stakeholders.

Philippe Fargues, directeur van het Migration Policy Centre (MPC), stelt de verschillende taken, projecten en activiteiten voor van het nieuwe MPC, dat met de steun van de Europese Unie werd opgericht in januari 2012.