In January 2014, Directorate General Home Affairs held a high-level conference “Open and safe Europe – what’s next?”. Future orientations and challenges of different policy areas of DG Home Affairs post-Stockholm Programme were discussed.
Areas of migration and asylum policy that were addressed include:
Coherent and Comprehensive Migration Policy
Contributions by:
- Mr Karl Cox, Vice-President Public Policy and Corporate Affairs for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Oracle
- Mr Józef Niemiec, Deputy General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation
- Mr Luis Miguel Pariza Castaños, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee
- Ms Cecilia Wikström, Member of the European Parliament
A Credible Return Policy
Contributions by:
- Ms Inmaculada Arnaez, Fundamental Rights Officer, Frontex
- Mr Luc Derepas, Director General for Foreigners, Ministry of the Interior, French Republic
- Prof Kay Hailbronner, University of Konstanz
- Br Michael Schöpf, SJ, Regional Director, Jesuit Refugee Service
Implementing the CEAS in Full
Contribution by:
Legal Routes to Access Asylum in Europe
Contributions by:
- Dr Krisztina Berta, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Hungary
- Mr Michael Diedring, Secretary General, European Council on Refugees and Exiles – speech
- Ms. Anaïs Faure Atger, Red Cross
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