[colombiamigra] Fw: EU institutions ill equipped to tackle migration, asylum challenges; new brief proposes adjustment to mechanics of policymaking

From: "william mejia" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "wmejia8a@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:30:24 +0000 (UTC)

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|    Dear William Mejia,

 Even as the European Commission launched work earlier this month on a European 
Agenda on Migration, it is becoming increasingly clear that the current modus 
operandi of the European institutions is ill equipped to tackle either the 
short-term responses or longer-term vision necessary to address the complex and 
interlinked challenges related to EU immigration and asylum policy. 

 A new Migration Policy Institute Europe policy brief, The development of EU 
policy on immigration and asylum: Rethinking coordination and leadership, makes 
the case for adjustment to the underlying mechanics of policymaking in the 
European space, finding that migration and asylum policy debates must expand 
beyond the home affairs portfolio and become more of a whole-of-government 
concern. The current structure inhibits debate, coordination, and the 
identification of policy solutions across portfolios, MPI Europe Director 
Elizabeth Collett finds. 

 The brief calls for appointment of a special representative on migration at EU 
level who can supplement the leadership of either the External Action Service 
or the Council President. ‘There is a need to rebuild consensus among 
constituencies: across EU institutions, between the institutions and the 
citizenry, and between Member States with sharply divergent interests in 
immigration’, Collett writes. ‘This promises to be a slow, painstaking process 
that will require consummate political skill and needs to begin as soon as 
possible'. 

 Aside from more effective leadership and coordination, the brief makes clear 
that Europe will need the resources to effect real change, both within the 
European Union, as well as with third countries. And the next phase of policy 
will be less focused on legislative change, with a greater need for 
consolidation, review, and implementation of the legislation agreed to thus 
far. 

 While changes to institutional coordination may appear to pale in priority at 
a time the European Union is confronting urgent immigration and asylum crises, 
Collett writes that such reform is imperative at the start of a new European 
policy cycle and development of a forward-looking agenda on migration. 

 The policy brief follows on a June 2014 publication, Future EU policy 
development on immigration and asylum: understanding the challenge, and draws 
on MPI Europe's ongoing work in Brussels on immigration and asylum policy 
development. A forthcoming brief in the series will set out proposals that 
could point the way toward more cooperative policy development than has been 
seen so far within and between EU institutions.

 With thanks for your interest in our work, 

   Michelle Mittelstadt
 Director of Communications and Public Affairs   # # #

 MPI Europe provides authoritative research and practical policy design to 
governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders who seek more effective 
management of immigration, immigrant integration and asylum systems, as well as 
better outcomes for newcomers, families of immigrant background, and receiving 
communities throughout Europe. MPI Europe also provides a forum for the 
exchange of information on migration and immigrant integration practices within 
the European Union and Europe more generally. For more, visit www.mpieurope.org.
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[colombiamigra] Fw: EU institutions ill equipped to tackle migration, asylum challenges; new brief proposes adjustment to mechanics of policymaking

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