Deze Inform onderzoekt de goede praktijken en uitdagingen in de samenwerking tussen de verschillende partijen die betrokken zijn bij de terugkeer en re-integratie van derdelanders. Het legt uit hoe verbeterde coördinatie tussen de betrokken partijen, versterkte institutionele kaders en effectieve nationale strategieën een consistente en gestructureerde aanpak van terugkeer en re-integratie in Europa kunnen faciliteren.  

Ministers from 18 EU and non-EU countries and representatives of the European Commission met in Munich on 26 September for the second Munich Migration Meeting, hosted by German Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt. The informal meeting focused on the implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, the protection of the EU’s external borders and returns.

A few days after 17 European countries called on the European Commission to submit a new legislative proposal for more effective returns, Justice and Home Affairs Ministers discussed the issue of return during a working lunch in Luxembourg. They tasked experts with starting to explore innovative ideas related to returns. 

In a non-paper, seventeen European countries called on the European Commission to submit a new proposal for more effective returns. The letter emphasises the need for a stricter EU return system with clearer obligations for cooperation from the returnees and less interpretation by the European Court of Justice.