This EMN Inform provides an overview of existing approaches, mechanisms and measures to reduce irregular migration to the EU and Norway.

During the meeting of the Home Affairs Council, Ministers discussed migratory pressures, and in particular the situation in the central Mediterranean, as well as increasing trends in asylum applications from Western Balkans countries and in particular Kosovo.

In de voorbije dagen zijn meer dan 300 mensen overleden als gevolg van drie verschillende incidenten met boten die de Mediterraanse Zee wilden oversteken van Noord-Afrika naar Europa.