Irregular Migration Management Application (IRMA)

Definition(s)

A restricted and secure information exchange platform developed by the European Commission which connects EU Member and Schengen States, the European Commission, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) and the relevant EU funded programmes at operational, practitioner level and which facilitates the planning, organisation and implementation of return and readmission activities with the objective of making return procedures more effective.

Source(s)

• Derived by EMN from European Commission Communication on a more effective return policy in the European Union - A renewed action plan, COM(2017) 200 final
• European Commission: Progress report on the European Agenda on Migration COM(2017) 669 final
• Technical guidelines for return operational data collection

Translations

• BG: приложение за управление на незаконната миграция
• CS: Systém pro správu dat o nelegální migraci
• DE: Anwendung für die Steuerung der irregulären Migration
• EL: Εφαρμογή για τη Διαχείριση της Παράτυπης Μετανάστευσης
• EN: Irregular Migration Management Application (IRMA)
• ES: Aplicación para la gestión de la migración irregular
• ET: Ebaseadusliku rände haldamise rakendus
• FI: Eurooppalaisten viranomaisten palauttamistoimia koskeva tietojenvaihtojärjestelmä (not in general use) / IRMA-tietokanta
• FR: application de gestion de la migration irrégulière
• HR: Aplikacija za upravljanje nezakonitim migracijama (IRMA)
• HU: irreguláris migráció-kezelési alkalmazás
• IT: applicazione di gestione integrata dei rimpatri
• LT: Neteisėtos migracijos valdymo programa
• LV: Neatbilstīgas migrācijas pārvaldības lietotne
• MT: Applikazzjoni tal-Ġestjoni tal-Migrazzjoni Irregolari 
• NL: EU-toepassing voor geïntegreerd terugkeerbeheer
• PT: Aplicação de Gestão de Migração Irregular
• RO: Aplicație de gestionare a migrației ilegale
• SK: Aplikácia pre integrované riadenie návratov
• SL: Aplikacija za upravljanje nedovoljenih migracij
• SV: applikation för hantering av irreguljär migration
• NO: Irregular Migration Management Application (no usual translation)
• KA: არალეგალური მიგრაციის მართვის პროგრამა (IRMA)
• UK: Застосунок для управління нерегулярною міграцією (IRMA)
• HY: Անկանոն միգրացիայի կառավարման հավելված

Synonym(s)

• IRMA

Broader Term(s)

• readmisson
• return

Related Term(s)

• return operation

Note(s)

1. IRMAwas implemented on 1 September 2017 under the name ‘Return Management Application’ which was later changed to 'Irregular Migration Management Application', the acronym 'IRMA' remains the same.
2. IRMA contains information on best practices and guidelines per third country , legislation, return programmes, operational data on return operations and statistics.
3. IRMA aims at building synergies and enabling work in a mutually reinforcing way. It also allows Frontex to assume a more pro-active role in planning joint return operations .