On June 8, a meeting of the Home Affairs Council is scheduled to discuss the Asylum and Migration Pact. The main objective is to reach agreement on two key migration dossiers: the Asylum and Migration Management System Regulation and the Asylum Procedure Regulation. The 27 Member States have raised the idea of setting quotas for Member States to receive migrants, and the application of “border procedures” for identification.
A recent investigation by Lighthouse Reports reveals that Italy and Frontex were involved in a cover-up of information that could have prevented the deadly Cutro shipwreck in February .
On May 24, FRONTEX hosted its first annual reintegration conference. The event brought together authorities from EU and Schengen countries, the European Commission and international experts on migration to discuss measures to promote returnees’ reintegration in their country of origin.
On May 23, the LIBE Committee held an exchange of views with representatives of the Italian Coast Guard, Frontex and Médecins sans Frontières on the Cutro shipwreck. It also addressed the outcomes of the 2022 edition of the European Migration Forum and presented the Mission Report following LIBE delegation to Belgium, the Netherlands and France.
On May 16, Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson and Minister of the Interior for Montenegro signed an agreement between the EU and the country on operational activities carried out by FRONTEX in Montenegro.
On May 11, LIBE and IMCO Committee voted on the AI Act. Before negotiations with the Council on the final form of the law can begin, this draft needs to be endorsed by the whole Parliament, with the vote expected during the 12-15 June session.
According to Sergio Carrera, a senior research fellow for Centre for European Policy Studies, EU and Italian complicity in crimes against humanity in Libya has yet to grip the public debate among EU circles. The expert declared to the EUobserver that “There is still a lack of willingness to recognise the European Union’s indirect responsibility for crimes against humanity.”
According to the EUobserver, the majority of EU states did not resettle a single refugee in 2022, reneging on their past promises to help evacuate a total of 20,000 people vetted by the UN refugee agency. Just under 17,000 were hosted —most ending up in Germany (4,787), Sweden (4,535) and France (3,136) and far smaller numbers going to the Netherlands, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Denmark, Romania, Belgium, and Italy.
According to Euobserver, EU Member States are discussing the possibility of placing families with young children in de facto detention centres along the borders. In the framework of the asylum reform, the aim of the EU Member States is to provide “relief” to Member States like Italy and Greece instead of relocating asylum seekers.
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