The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum was adopted by EU co-legislators in April this year. Member States have two years to make the adaptations necessary and start implementing the Pact. In particular, each must submit to the European Commission, by 12 December 2024, a national implementation plan. SOLIDAR, as many of its member organisations,…
The Sabir Festival SOLIDAR and a delegation of members were present at the 10th edition of the Sabir festival in Rome, in October. Sabir is the festival of Mediterranean cultures, named after a lingua franca mixing Arabic, French, Italian, Greek and Spanish spoken in North Africa and the Levant. It was founded in 2014, one…
At the European Parliament’s constituent plenary session in July 2024, Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected President of the European Commission. She then got to present her new Political Guidelines, a document based on the European Council’s Strategic Agenda that sets out the priority areas on which the Commission will focus and, in broad terms,…
The first weeks of October 2024 saw a sharp turn to the right in EU migration and asylum policy. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s letter to member states and the European Council’s conclusions contain various aspects that will accelerate a race to the bottom to dismantle what is left of the right to seek…
The European Commission’s job-matching plan for third-country nationals is not inherently negative, but as it stands presents it risks aggravating issues of precariousness and access to rights for migrant workers. It must be improved by removing its focus on particular skills, allowing opportunities for migrants already on EU territory, and giving civil society organisations a…
Hungary holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July 2024 to 31 December 2024. This comes at a time of institutional renewal for the EU and in the context of complex economic, social, environmental and geopolitical changes. Will the Hungarian presidency accompany the EU’s new leadership, or will it further…
To ensure that refugees can access protection, states must ensure the right to seek and enjoy asylum and uphold their commitments to the international refugee protection system. This obligation applies to all EU Member States under Article 18 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Yet, the recent and increasing attempts by the EU and…
Three years and a half after its presentation in September 2020 by the European Commission, the adoption process of the no-longer-so New Pact on Migration and Asylum is finally nearing its end. Members of Parliament (MEPs) adopted last Wednesday, 10th April, six regulations constituting the EU Pact, as well as two recast directives and a…
On 13th March, Members of the European Parliament adopted the political agreement for a recast Single-Permit Directive. The text proposes important improvements to migrant workers’ lives and working conditions that were pushed by Civil Society Organisations (including SOLIDAR) and Trade Unions. As the situation stands now, single-permit holders willing to leave their employer may…
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