Asylum and Migration - LIBE delegation visit to Calais, France

AFET - LIBE Committe - Migratory pressure on the Lithuanian border with Belarus

EP Plenary session - New Avenues for Legal Labour Migration

Speech at the Aspen digital roundtable: Managing migration flows while living with a pandemic:- Statement by David SASSOLI, EP President

Plenary session - Progress on UN Global compacts for safe, orderly and regular migration and on refugees

European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva JOHANSSON opens the debate amongst the MEPs on preventing security threats by combating illegal migration and effective return. In the wake of a stabbing attack in Solingen, Germany, on MEPs discuss how to address the unauthorised movements of third country nationals within the EU. The plenary debate follows the German government’s announcement that reintroduces border controls on all its land borders for an initial six-month period. This internal security decision is intended to improve the detection of unauthorised attempts by third country nationals to enter Germany.

Need to prevent security threats like the Solingen attack through addressing illegal migration and effective return: extracts from the debate

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, will deliver his third State of the Union address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 13th September 2017. Social Europe is amongst the most pressing issues for the citizens.This infoclip illustrates topics as the rescue operations for migrants at sea, the accommodation centres for migrants, the procedures for screening, identification and fingerprinting of migrants to facilitate their relocation.

Infoclip: Immigration / Asylum

This Infoclip illustrates a refugee centre (military barracks) in Antwerp, Belgium: bedrooms, medical services, an internet café with social workers, animation for young children, common kitchen and cafeteria. The Federal Agency for the reception of asylum seekers (Fedasil) is a public interest organisation operational since May 2002. Since October 2014, Fedasil falls under the political responsibility of the Belgian State Secretary for Asylum and Migration.

Infoclip: Refugee centre

Meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs&nbsp;on European Border and Coast Guard, in the EP in Brussels. Statement by Artis PABRIKS (EPP, LV), rapporteur. The report is adopted by 40 votes in favour, 10 against and 5 abstentions.&nbsp;Illustrative shots: Coast guard action in the Mediterranean around Greece (Molyvos) - Fence in Melilla (Spain) at the border between Morocco and Spain. General views of the fence separating the two countries. Police guards watching the fence.&nbsp;&nbsp; - Border checkpoint in the Spanish city of Melilla. Border policemen checking cars at the border, checking identity and taking fingerprints. Queue of people waiting to cross the border. Control room at the border police.&nbsp; - Thermal cameras sequences of illegal land crossing at the Greek-Turkish border (Orestiada). Police headquarter in Orestiada.

European Border and Coast Guard: extracts from the vote on the report by Artis PABRIKS (EPP, LV), Rapporteur and illustrative shots of border control

This infoclip illustrates the fence in Melilla (Spain) at the border between Morocco and Spain. General views of Melilla and of the fence separating the two countries. Police guards watching the fence. Close up on security guards and of fence details.

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