EU, UK announce joint effort on migration
Readout of call between leaders says pact to tackle
illegal migration to be formalized in coming days.
FEBRUARY
18, 2024 9:37 PM CET
BY JOE
STANLEY-SMITH
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-u-k-announce-new-migration-agency-cooperation/
The EU and
the U.K. have completed talks ahead of a new blueprint to crack down on illegal
migration.
The two
parties will release details of the new cooperation agreement, which has been
in the works since at least the fall, in the coming days.
“The
leaders welcomed the successful conclusion of negotiations on a new working
arrangement between UK agencies and Frontex, which should be formalised in the
coming days, as part of wider cooperation between the UK and EU on tackling
illegal migration,” said a U.K. government readout of a call between U.K. Prime
Minister Rishi Sunak and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
An EU
statement reads almost exactly the same, although it speaks of a “crack down”
on illegal migration rather than “tackling” it, suggesting agreed language was
modified.
Greater
cooperation on irregular migration — where people cross borders without
official permission — has been in the works for some time, but as POLITICO
reported in October had been snagged on the U.K.’s desire for a returns
agreement.
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