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Presidency Conference on Future European Union Cooperation in the Field of
Asylum, Migration and Frontiers
Amsterdam, 31 August - 3 September, 2004


Conference Workshops

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Workshop One: Asylum and Refugee Protection

Asylum in the EU: Procedures and Practice

  • The single asylum procedure: how it might look and how it can be most effective
  • "Bottom up" cooperation in asylum practice

The EU's Role in Improving Access to Durable Solutions: An External Component to Refugee Policy

  • Enhancing assistance and protection in the region of origin
  • Capacity building in receiving states and for UNHCR
  • Effective mechanisms for ensuring returns and resettlement

Read Joanne van Selm's presentation on Improving Access to Durable Solutions

Workshop Two: Regular and Irregular Migration

Migrants & the European Labor Market: Current Situation and Outlook for the 21st Century

  • Stock-taking: size and structure of Europe's foreign-born work force
  • Analysis of areas/sectors with high demand for foreign labor and skills
  • Possible future shortages of labor and skills
  • Recruitment strategies for high- and low-skilled labor

Managing Illegal Migration

  • Creating a more comprehensive strategy for managing illegal migration
  • The role of regularisation in a comprehensive approach to migration management
  • New approaches and concepts in regularisation

Workshop Three: European Frontiers and Security

Creating Secure Frontiers in a Union of 25

  • Beyond the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders
  • Challenges in Enlarging the Schengen area
  • Theory and practice in cooperation on borders and visas

Cooperation with Third Countries on Migration Management

  • A Wider Europe: Regional cooperation on migration
  • Addressing the root causes of unauthorized entry
  • Making return and readmission work

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