Migration and asylum
The thematic programme for cooperation with third countries in the areas of migration and asylum aims to support third countries in their efforts to ensure better management of migratory flows in all their dimensions. The programme is the successor to the 2004-2006 AENEAS programme, its legal basis is Article 16 of the EU Regulation establishing the Development Co-operation Instrument within the framework of the 2007-2013 Financial Perspectives.
Technical and financial assistance for non-EU member countries in the area of migration and asylum is the main objective of this thematic programme for cooperation. Cooperation with non-EU member countries is not designed to tackle the underlying causes of migration, but is more concerned with better management of the different forms of migration flows.
This programme deals with the main factors of migration:
- fostering the links between migration and development;
- promoting well-managed labour migration;
- fighting illegal immigration, trafficking and making it easier to re-admit illegal migrants;
- protecting migrants against any form of exploitation and discrimination;
- promoting asylum policy and the protection of refugees under international standards.
Actions carried out under this programme aim to contribute, in accordance with the EU’s global approach to migration, to:
- enabling partner countries to benefit from the advantages of migration while limiting the negative consequences that migration may have for individuals or nations;
- implementing an approach which takes into account both the states’ interests and the rights and interests of individuals.
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