Document 2
Ref. Ares(2018)4129202 - 06/08/2018
Subject:
RE: Minutes of the meeting with
(IOM, Directeur Régional) and
(IOM, Directeur Régional) and
The purpose of the meeting was to have a first contact between the head of
Cabinet of Commissioner Avramopoulos and the new Director of the
Regional office of IOM based in Brussels.
After some general words on the Head of cabinet explaining that the
functioning of the new Commission and how the Commission intends to
develop a comprehensive approach to migration, they had a broad
discussion on the different aspects of migration policy: how to change the
perception of migration in Europe, initiatives on legal migration, link
between immigration policy and external policies especially development
and also on the concept of circular migration. They also exchanged on the
situation of the Syrian refugees.
stressed that IOM is ready to continue its fruitful
cooperation with the Commission and to contribute to the debate/ future
development of the European Immigration policy.
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