Future-proofing EU resettlement policies: Findings and policy recommendations

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Sep 29, 2021

14:30 - 16:30

This was the final event in a series of three roundtables on the future of resettlement policies and community sponsorship, organised in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. The event was an opportunity to present and discuss the key findings and the preliminary recommendations of the project to an expert audience, consisting of member state representatives, EU officials, representatives from international organizations and NGOs based in Europe, as well as academia and think tanks.

The interactive discussion highlighted the need to think creatively to unlock the resettlement capacity of member states, while also providing targeted support to pilot or budding community sponsorship programmes. Participants also agreed that the EU has the potential to play an increasingly important role, for example by creating synergies among different funding sources, creating a coherent legal framework underpinning resettlement and complementary pathways, and exploring new partnerships at the global and local level. This debate will feed into the project’s final publication, which will be launched in a high-level event in the beginning of December.

European Migration and Diversity

The European Migration and Diversity (EMD) Programme provides independent expertise on European migration and asylum policies. The EMD Programme's analyses seek to contribute to sustainable and responsible policy solutions and are aimed at promoting a positive and constructive dialogue on migration and mobility. The Programme follows the policy debate and conducts analysis taking a multidisciplinary approach, examining both the legal and political aspects shaping European migration policies. EMD analysts focus, amongst other topics, on the reform of the Common European Asylum System; the management of the EU’s external borders and the Schengen governance; cooperation with countries of origin and transit; the integration of beneficiaries of international protection and mobile persons into host societies; the links between migration and populism; the development of resettlement and legal pathways; and the EU''s free movement acquis. The EMD team benefits from a strong network of academics, NGO representatives and policymakers, who contribute regularly to publications and policy events.

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