Translation of "Incidences mondiales des migrations humaines " (French → English) :

Such a dialogue typically covers a broad range of issues, including for example the linkages between migration and development, the fight against illegal migration and trafficking in human beings, the impact of refugee situations on development, and joint efforts to manage economic migration better.

i. support initiatives by Member States to increase public awareness, improve information concerning measures to combat human trafficking as well as racism and xenophobia at the workplace and provide information concerning the effects of migration on employment and productivity; also calls on the Commission to include migrants in programmes for the promotion of European Citizenship;

Enlargement, Neighbourhood and Russia Monitoring of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s compliance with the Copenhagen criteria Revision of contractual relations with Serbia and Montenegro and clarification of Kosovo status Review issues of financial support and trade with the Turkish Cypriot community Conducting negotiations with Ukraine on successor to the current Partnership and Co-operation Agreement Starting negotiations with Russia on the successor to the current Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Continued contribution to the Middle East Peace Process as well as to other “frozen” conflicts Wider World Concluding the Eco ...[+++]nomic Partnership Agreements (EPA) with the 6 ACP regions to allow implementation as from 1 January 2008 Stepping up support towards ACP countries affected by the sugar reform Finalising the Doha negotiations and start implementing agreements Further improve EC capacity to respond to international crises, natural or man made, in coordination with the Council Reinforcing EU aid effectiveness through joint programming with Member States Enhancing the contribution of EU internal policies to the implementation at EU level of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agenda on Policy coherence for Development Negotiating a new EU-China Framework Agreement Five years after the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development assessing EU progress on the commitments taken and identifying the main challenges for the following five years Implementing the international fund for renewables and consolidating progress on international action to tackle climate change Improving cooperation with third country on migration management; adoption of common standards on return of third country nationals and extension of readmission agreements Launching a Community Food Safety training, open to participants from developing countries, promoting and clarifying Community standards and enhancing international trade in safe food |

In order to tap the world’s human capital and mine its wealth of knowledge, the Commission will work towards a common framework for managing economic migration at EU level and proposes accelerated admission procedures for longer term stays of third country researchers and the facilitation of uniform short-stay visas.

Reflecting the main issues in the global debate on migration and development, and in line with the Council Conclusions of May 2003, the Commission has identified concrete orientations for improving the impact of migration on development, with a focus on south-north migration.

The EU anti trafficking policy must be based on a clear picture of the actual extent of the problem at EU and global level.[lxv] But precise figures are not available,[lxvi] and law enforcement data, although important, are not sufficient.[lxvii] In 2003, the Council invited the Commission and the Member States to promote measures to set up a monitoring system on human trafficking in order to provide updated data through the continuous and regular collection from the competent national authorities.[lxviii] Taking into account the 2003 Statistics Action Plan[lxix] and Eurostat data in the area of migration[lxx] ...[+++] which cover aspects of the phenomenon, the first step for a coherent statistical system is to systematically collect and analyse data - disaggregated by age, sex and other relevant aspects[lxxi] - from different sources based on common guidelines at a central place at the national level.