Definition(s) The overarching framework of the European Union’s external migration policy based on genuine partnership with non-EU countries and addressing all aspects of migration and mobility issues in an integrated, comprehensive and balanced manner. Source(s) Communication on the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility, COM(2011) 743 final Translations BG: Глобален подход към миграцията и мобилността CS: Globální přístup k migraci a mobilitě DE: Gesamtansatz für Migration und Mobilität EL: Σφαιρική Προσέγγιση της Μετανάστευσης και της Κινητικότητας EN: Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM) ES: Enfoque Global de la Migración ET: globaalne lähenemine rändele ja rahvastiku liikuvusele FI: maahanmuuttoa koskeva kokonaisvaltainen lähestymistapa FR: approche globale de la question des migrations et de la mobilité GA: Cur Chuige Domhanda i leith Imirce agus Soghluaisteachta HR: Globalni pristup migracijama i mobilnosti (GAMM) HU: a migráció és mobilitás átfogó globális megközelítése IT: Approccio globale in materia di migrazione e mobilità LT: Visuotinis požiūris į migraciją ir mobilumą LV: vispārēja pieeja migrācijai un mobilitātei MT: Approċċ Globali għall-Migrazzjoni u l-Mobilità NL: totaalaanpak van migratie en mobiliteit PL: Globalne Podejście do Migracji i Mobilności PT: Abordagem Global da Migração e Mobilidade RO: Abordarea Globală a migraţiei şi Mobilitate SK: Globálny prístup k migrácii a mobilite / GPMM SL: Globalni pristop k migraciji in mobilnosti SV: den övergripande strategin för migration och rörlighet / GAMM NO: global tilnærming til migrasjon og mobilitet KA: გლობალური მიდგომა მიგრაციისა და მობილობისადმი (GAMM) UK: Глобальний підхід до міграції та мобільності (GAMM) HY: Միգրացիայի և Շարժունակության համաշխարհային մոտեցում Synonym(s) GAMM Global Approach to Migration GAM Narrower Term(s) Africa-EU Migration, Mobility and Employment Partnership Budapest Process Cotonou Agreement Dialogue on Mediterranean Transit Migration Eastern Partnership (EAP) Khartoum Process Prague Process Related Term(s) external dimension of EU migration and asylum policy mobility partnership readmission agreement Rabat Process Note(s) 1. The Global Approach to Migration (GAM) was first defined by the European Council in December 2005 (COM(2007) 247) and further developed in 2007 and 2008. It has constituted the framework for the cooperation of the EU with third countries in the area of migration and asylum. The Stockholm Programme adopted in 2009 also acknowledged the importance of consolidating, strengthening and implementing the GAM. 2. The approach comprises the whole migration agenda, including legal and irregular migration, combating trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants, strengthening protection for refugees , enhancing migrant rights and harnessing the positive links that exist between migration and development. 3. In 2011, the global approach was evaluated. As a result of this, the Commission highlighted the need for further strengthening the external migration policy and published in November 2011 the Communication on the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility, COM(2011) 743 final on a new impetus to the EU’s external migration policy. The renewed GAMM focuses on four main priorities: improving the organisation of legal migration and facilitated mobility, preventing and reducing irregular migration in an efficient, yet humane way, strengthening the synergies between migration and development, and strengthening international protection systems and the external dimension of asylum. 4. The European Agenda for Migration 2015 and the New Pact on Migration and Asylum 2020 further strenghtened the external dimension of the EU migration and asylum policy by building on current EU migration partnership frameworks while at the same time reinforcing them through 'tailor-made partnerships' with third countries with a view to ensuring effective returns, combating irregular migration and smuggling of migrants more effectively, and developing legal migration channels.
