The Commission presented the first European Asylum and Migration Management Strategy. It sets out the EU’s political objectives on asylum and migration and will serve as a compass with concrete priorities for the next five years.
The Strategy sets out the way forward to achieve three main objectives: to prevent illegal migration and break the business of criminal smuggling networks, to protect people fleeing war and persecution while preventing abuse of the system, and to attract talent to the EU to boost the competitiveness of our economies.
In the next five years, skills gaps and labour shortages will accentuate in many key sectors, also driven by demographic dynamics. The EU should aim to become the most attractive place in the global race for talent. For this, it will be necessary to:
- Scale up existing and launch new Talent Partnerships and fully integrate talent acquisition into the EU’s comprehensive cooperation with partner countries.
- Simplify and accelerate the rules and the process to attract the skills Europe needs, including on the recognition and validation of qualifications and skills.
- Fight illegal employment and exploitation of migrant workers and improve integration in host Member States, supported by EU funding.
To support the implementation of this Strategy, the Union will make strategic use of Union funding as set out in the Commission’s proposals for the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034. This includes a proposal to dedicate an overall amount of at least €81 billion to home affairs policies and a Global Europe instrument, designed to match a more strategic approach to international partnerships, in alignment with the EU’s strategic interests, including on migration.
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Source: European Commission | Press Corner (https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_233)