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Towards strategic migration and refugee policies in Europe
This conference declaration was signed on 22 November 2016 at the occasion of the 2nd annual Vision Europe Summit in Lisbon by our director, Yves Bertoncini, and the leaders from the seven other think tanks and foundations convening the Vision Europe Summit.
The record numbers of refugees arriving in Europe in 2015 has put pressure on policymakers to devise effective policies that address both the plight of refugees and the concerns of EU citizens. The crisis has exacerbated divisions and tensions within and between EU member states and revealed how unprepared the EU was to deal with such an influx.
Crises, however, can be constructive, if they create the conditions for essential reforms. As Europe now has some breathing space in managing the refugee flows, there is an opportunity to focus on strategy development, which cannot be missed. There is also an opportunity for dialogue around European values, identity and vision that can help build common ground for the future.
The Jacques Delors Institute takes part to the Vision Europe project, a consortium of think tanks and foundations collaborating to address some of the most pressing public policy challenges facing Europe. Through research, publications and an annual summit, we aim to be a forum for debate and a source of recommendations to improve evidence-based policy-making at both a national and EU level and to foster as appropriate European integration. In 2015 we commonly worked on “The Future of the Welfare State”; in 2016, the Vision Europe initiative developed innovative policy recommendations on how to improve the response to the crisis of migrants and refugees in Europe.
Vision Europe other participating organizations are:
– Bertelsmann Stiftung (Germany)
– Bruegel (Belgium)
– Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Portugal)
– Center for Social and Economic Research (Poland)
– Chatham House (UK)
– Compagnia di San Paolo (Italy)
– The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra (Finland).
For more information about the project please refer to www.vision-europe-summit.eu and follow the twitter hashtag #VisionEurope.
SUR LE MÊME THÈME
ON THE SAME THEME
PUBLICATIONS
[FR] Migration: A look back at the February 9 European Council
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Moldova and the war
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Making migrant returns a pre-condition of trade openness
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MÉDIAS
MEDIAS
Le défi des migrations africaines en Europe
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Union européenne : les demandes d’asile au plus haut depuis sept ans
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Naufrage en Grèce: des élus prônent une opération européenne de sauvetage en mer
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ÉVÉNEMENTS
EVENTS
The EU’s response to Ukrainian refugees three months on
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Académie Notre Europe | “Europe of migration” session [FR]
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Académie Notre Europe : “Europe of migration” session [FR]
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Euroquestions | Ukrainian refugees: hosting in Europe and impact on European migration policy? [FR]
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EU-African Union Summit: a renewed partnership on migration and mobility? [ENG]
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Migration, asylum, mobility and integration in Europe: inseparable common values | Presentation of the report published in December 2021 [FR]
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Conference | Integration in Europe : Oxalá, Hopelijk, avec un peu de chance… | Perspectives from Belgium, France and Portugal [FR]
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EU migration and asylum policy: a fresh start?
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EU migration and asylum policy: a fresh start?
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Webinaire | Nouveau pacte pour la migration : la Commission peut-elle reprendre la main sur le dossier migratoire ?
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Webinaire | Nouveau pacte pour la migration : la Commission peut-elle reprendre la main sur le dossier migratoire ?
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Euroquestions | Relance et puissance : mots d’ordre de la rentrée européenne
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Des réponses européennes
à l’asile et aux migrations
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Paris, 17 May 2019 – Académie Notre Europe : Europe and migrations
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Paris, 16 April 2019 – Think migration and development together
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Paris, 12 February 2019 – Eurociné: Screening-debate of the movie DJAM
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Brussels, 28 January 2019 – Presentation of the Jacques Delors Institute’s report on migrations
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Pantin, 6 October 2018 – Can the European Union better manage the migration flow?
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Namur, 21 September 2018 – Migration policy and EU: which policy for Common good?
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Paris, 8 February 2018 – Eurociné: “School of Babel”
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