Commission report calls for forward-looking policies on migration2013-06-17
Description:European Press release Brussels, 17 June 2013 Commission How are the EU and its Member States addressing the challenges and opportunities of migration? Analysing the 2012 and early 2013 developments in the areas of immigration and asylum, a Commission report published today calls for a more coherent EU response.

Speech: EU and U.S. will set a Transatlantic group of experts to discuss the U.S. programmes more in details2013-06-14
Description:European Commission Cecilia Malmström EU Commissioner for Home Affairs EU Speech: EU Press Conference, EU-U.S. Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial /Dublin 14 June 2013 Let me first thank the Irish Presidency for the organisation of this event. The EU-U.S.

Employment: Commissioners Malmström and Andor welcome the new OECD report on international migration trends2013-06-13
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 13 June 2013 European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmström and László Andor, the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, have welcomed the OECD report International Migration Outlook 2013, published today.

Joint Statement on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour2013-06-12
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 12 June 2013 On the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour (12 June), High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton, Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU's Justice Commissioner, Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Employment,...

New Schengen rules to better protect citizens' free movement2013-06-12
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 12 June 2013 The Schengen area of free movement is a unique achievement. Each year millions of European citizens freely cross our internal borders without a border control. In 2011, the Commission put forward two legislative proposals on the Schengen governance (IP/11/1036 and MEMO/11/606) to protect...

Commissioner Malmström welcomes rules to protect free movement2013-06-12
Description:European Commission MEMO Strasbourg, 12 June 2013 I very much welcome the European Parliament's approval of the new Schengen proposals. This is good news for hundreds of millions of people, as the new rules will better protect Schengen as an area without controls at internal borders and will help prevent...

Commissioner Malmström welcomes the European Parliament's vote on the Common European Asylum System2013-06-12
Description:European Commission MEMO Strasbourg, 12 June 2013 The Common European Asylum System (CEAS) has been my top priority since the beginning of my mandate and I have been involved in negotiations since the first day. Getting the CEAS in place is an historic achievement, something the EU Member States and...

A Common European Asylum System2013-06-12
Description:European Commission MEMO Strasbourg, 12 June 2013 1. Asylum and the EU A duty to protect Asylum is granted to people fleeing persecution or serious harm. Asylum is a fundamental right; granting it is an international obligation under the 1951 Geneva Convention on the protection of refugees.

Migration and mobility partnership signed between the EU and Morocco2013-06-07
Description:european commission Press release Brussels, 7 June 2013 Cooperation between Morocco and the EU is set to also apply to migration and the movement of people, thanks to an EU-Morocco mobility partnership which was signed today by Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs, Mr Saad dine El Otmani, the Moroccan Minister for Foreign Affairs...

Justice and Home Affairs Council 6-7 June 2013 in Luxembourg2013-06-05
Description:European Commission MEMO Brussels, 5 June 2013 European Union Justice and Home Affairs ministers will meet in Luxembourg on 6 and 7 June 2013. The European Commission will be represented by Vice-President Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Justice and Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs.