Ref. Ares(2022)6560133 - 22/09/2022
Flash report
EU high-level mission to Morocco: informal SOM on migration
- 17-18 March
A high-level mission led by the Director-General of HOME, Ms Pariat,
took place on 17-18 in Rabat to relaunch the dialogue on migration and security with
MO authorities.
The discussions during the informal Senior Officials’ Meeting on migration were
open and constructive and the parties agreed on meeting regularly to further increase
the cooperation;
Main themes discussed and operational conclusions:
On return and readmission,
Based on concrete data, this meeting should support
discussions on the current hindrances raised by the EU in view of increasing returns. On the
Moroccan national Strategy for immigration and asylum (SNIA), EU stressed the
need to update and operationalise the strategy.
Technical missions to the EU should be organised
to EU MS or with the EUAA. Further exchanges referred to other themes of common
interest related to financing (programming of European funds), migration and
development and the key role/leadership of MO in regional cooperation (including
EU-African Union, Rabat Process) and in the multilateral fora, in particular for the
implementation of the Global Compact).