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Policy Dialogue
An outlook on the EU’s approach on returns






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UPCOMING EVENT
Thursday, 27 March 2025
 14:00 - 17:00
EVENT PARTNERS

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European Policy Centre-EPC

Rue du Trône 14-16, 1000 Brussels
EPC Conference Centre
3rd Floor





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Speakers

Ewa Kiewra
Justice and Home Affairs Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU
Helena Hahn
Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre
Izabella Majcher
Independent Legal Expert
Jasper van Berckel Smit
Executive Secretary, Meijers Committee
Johannes Luchner
Deputy Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Lena Düpont
Member of the European Parliament, European People's Party
Magnus Brunner
European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration (video statement)
Mari Juritsch
EU Return Coordinator, DG HOME, European Commission
Michele LeVoy
Director, Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
Virginie Jacob
Senior Advisor, European Policy Centre




Moderator(S)

Alberto-Horst Neidhardt
Senior Policy Analyst and Head of European Migration & Diversity Programme, European Policy Centre
Jean-Louis De Brouwer
Director, European Affairs Programme, Egmont Institute


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Amid high expectations, the European Commission presented a ‘New Common European System for Returns’ on 11 March, featuring a proposal for a Regulation that would repeal the 2008 Return Directive. Among other objectives, the reform aims to harmonise procedures and accelerate the return process of third-country nationals without the right to stay in the EU. Additionally, renewed focus is on incentivising voluntary return and systematising readmission cooperation with third countries. The proposal also introduces the legal possibility for establishing “return hubs”.


This hybrid Policy Dialogue will be divided into two panels, which will unpack the proposal and reflect more broadly on the EU’s new approach, placing equal attention on legal, political and practical implications.


 
The full programme is availble here

Participation is open to EPC members, media, and EU officials
    


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