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Migration and Home Affairs

High-Level Working Group (HLWG) on Asylum and Migration

Definition(s)

A strategic group which works under the auspices of the European Council and which was set up to establish a comprehensive and integrated strategy for the EU’s cooperation with third countries in the area of asylum and migration .

Source(s)

Council Conclusions C/98/431 on the Asylum and Migration Task Force at the 2148th Council Meeting General Affairs,- 6th/7th December 1998

Translations

  • BG: Работна група на високо равнище „Убежище и миграция“
  • CS: Pracovní skupina na vysoké úrovni pro azyl a migraci
  • DE: Hochrangige Arbeitsgruppe Asyl und Einwanderung / Hochrangige Gruppe Asyl und Migration
  • EL: Ομάδα Εργασίας Υψηλού Επιπέδου για το ‘Ασυλο και τη Μετανάστευση
  • EN: High-Level Working Group (HLWG) on Asylum and Migration
  • ES: grupo de trabajo de alto nivel sobre migración y asilo
  • ET: kõrgetasemeline varjupaiga ja rände töörühm
  • FI: turvapaikka- ja maahanmuuttoasioiden korkean tason työryhmä
  • FR: Groupe de haut niveau «Asile et Migration»
  • GA: Grúpa Oibre Ardleibhéil maidir le Tearmann agus Imirce
  • HR: Radna skupina na visokoj razini za azil i migracije
  • HU: Magas Szintű Menekültügyi és Migrációs Munkacsoport
  • IT: Gruppo di lavoro ad alto livello in materia di asilo e migrazione
  • LT: Prieglobsčio ir migracijos aukšto lygio darbo grupė
  • LV: Augsta līmeņa darba grupa migrācijas un patvēruma jautājumos
  • MT: Grupp ta’ Ħidma ta’ Livell Għoli dwar l-Ażil u l-Migrazzjoni
  • NL: Werkgroep op hoog niveau voor asiel en migratie
  • PL: Grupa Robocza Wysokiego Szczebla ds. Azylu i Migracji
  • PT: Grupo alto nível asilo e migração
  • RO: Grupul de lucru la nivel înalt în domeniul migraţiei şi azilului
  • SK: Pracovná skupina na vysokej úrovni pre azyl a migráciu
  • SL: Delovna skupina na visoki ravni za azil in migracije
  • SV: högnivågruppen för asyl och migration
  • NO: høynivågruppen for asyl og migrasjon (b); høgnivågruppa for asyl og migrasjon (n)
  • KA: თავშესაფრისა და მიგრაციის საკითხთა მაღალი დონის სამუშაო ჯგუფი (HLWG)
  • UK: Робоча група високого рівня (HLWG) з питань притулку та міграції
  • HY: Ապաստանի և միգրացիայի հարցերով բարձր մակարդակի աշխատանքային խումբ

Synonym(s)

  • HLWG

Related Term(s)

Note(s)

1. The HLWG was set up in December 1998 to prepare cross-pillar Action Plans for the countries of origin and transit of asylum seekers and migrants.
2. The HLWG’s focus is on external relations with third countries, particularly within the context of the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility . Its objective is to strengthen the external dimension of the EU’s asylum and migration policies based on dialogue, cooperation and partnership with countries of origin and transit in the areas of legal migration, irregular migration, migration and development. The Group also prepares conclusions and recommendations on asylum and migration to be adopted by the Council. They carry out an assessment of the political, economic and human rights situation in countries of origin and provide a joint analysis of the causes and consequences of migration.