EU Movement on Migration Reforms

This week, European Union lawmakers made progress towards a new migration policy, Politico reports. The goal is to “speed up the return of migrants who entered Europe without permission and to prevent these migrants from traveling to other countries within the EU.”

As a matter of procedure, what happened was this: a sufficient number of members of the the EU Parliament voted in favor of new migration measures. Next up is “negotiations with the Council… expected to begin after EU justice and home affairs ministers settle on a common position during their meeting on June 8 and 9.”

Looking for more information? Try here:

At this link you’ll find the text of the migration proposals. There’s a fabulous side-by-side comparison of old and revised language.

At this link you’ll find the official EU Parliament statement regarding this week’s votes.

At this link you’ll find official EU information about its legislative process.

-KitJ