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Migration and Home Affairs

external dimension of EU migration and asylum policy

Definition(s)

The European Union's external relationships with key third countries of origin, transit and return with the aim to manage migration through tailor-made partnerships.

Source(s)

Derived by EMN from the Communication on a New Pact on Migration and Asylum, COM(2020) 609

Translations

  • BG: външно измерение на политиката на ЕС в областта на миграцията и убежището
  • CS: vnější rozměr migrační a azylové politiky EU
  • DE: externe Dimension der Migrations- und Asylpolitik der EU / externe Dimension der EU-Migrations- und Asylpolitik
  • EL: εξωτερική διάσταση της πολιτικής της ΕΕ για τη μετανάστευση και το Άσυλο
  • EN: external dimension of EU migration and asylum policy
  • ES: dimensión externa de la política de la UE en materia de migración y asilo
  • ET: ELi rände- ja varjupaigapoliitika välismõõde
  • FI: EU:n turvapaikka- ja maahanmuuttopolitiikan ulkoinen ulottuvuus
  • FR: dimension extérieure de la politique de l'UE en matière de migration et d'asile
  • GA: gné sheachtract bheartas imirce agus tearmainn an Aontais Eorpaigh
  • HR: vanjska dimenzija EU azilne i migracijske politike
  • HU: az EU migrációs és menekültügyi politikájának külső dimenziója
  • IT: Dimensione esterna della politica europea in materia di migrazione e asilo
  • LT: išoriniai ES migracijos ir prieglobsčio politikos aspektai
  • LV: ES migrācijas un patvēruma politikas ārējā dimensija
  • MT: Dimensjoni esterna tal-politika dwar il-migrazzjoni u l-ażil ta-UE
  • NL: externe dimensie van het EU-migratie- en asielbeleid
  • PL: wymiar zewnętrzny polityki migracyjnej i azylowej UE
  • PT: dimensão externa da política de migração e asilo da UE
  • RO: dimensiunea externă a politicii UE în domeniul migrației și azilului
  • SK: vonkajšia dimenzia migračnej a azylovej politiky EÚ / vonkajší rozmer migračnej a azylovej politiky EÚ / externá dimenzia migračnej a azylovej politiky EÚ / externý rozmer migračnej a azylovej politiky EÚ
  • SL: zunanja razsežnost migracijske in azilne politike
  • SV: den yttre dimensionen av EU:s migrations- och asylpolitik
  • NO: Den eksterne dimensjonen i EUs asyl- og migrasjonspolitikk
  • KA: ევროკავშირის მიგრაციისა და თავშესაფრის პოლიტიკის გარე განზომილება
  • UK: зовнішній вимір політики ЄС щодо міграції та надання притулку
  • HY: ԵՄ միգրացիայի և ապաստանի քաղաքականության արտաքին ուղղություն

Related Term(s)

Note(s)

  1. Since 2015, migration management and the search for readmission agreements have taken an important place in the EU's external relations with third countries of origin, transit or return. The New Pact on Migration and Asylum 2020 reaffirms this objective in Chapter 6. It builds on the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM), the current overarching framework for EU migration and asylum policies, launched in 2011, but goes beyond and aims to reinforce international partnerships with a view to ensuring effective returns, combating smuggling of migrants more effectively, and developing legal migration channels.
  2. Cooperation with third countries shall take place within the framework of comprehensive, balanced and tailored partnerships based on a joint assessment of the interests of both the EU and its partner countries. Taking into account the specific situation of each partner country or region, it is based on a combination of the following aspects:
    • Protecting refugees and people in need of international protection and supporting refugee-host countries;
    • Developing legal pathways to the European Union;
    • Supporting well-managed legal migration, including through new talent partnerships;
    • Addressing root causes of irregular migration;
    • Reinforcing partner countries' capacities on migration management and governance, including on border management and combating smuggling of migrants;
    • Fostering cooperation on return, readmission and reintegration.
  3. For more information see: European Parliament: Briefing: The external dimension of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, a focus on prevention and readmission, April 2021.