MOCADEM was set up in January 2022 to "enable the Union to coordinate and react in a timely manner to issues related to the external dimension of migration." It works to "prepare and propose operational actions relating to the means and leverages to be mobilised to implement the Union's objectives for each third country concerned."
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Agenda: WK 5247/2024 REV 1
- Update of the Action file to follow up on the EU Action Plan on the Western Balkans [WK 5249/2024 INIT: Extensive information on EU and member state activities with/in Western Balkans states relating to border controls, asylum and reception/detention, action against human smuggling and trafficking, cooperation on deportation and readmission, and alignment with EU visa policy]
= Exchange of views
(doc. to be issued)
- Update on the implementation of partnerships with Tunisia and Mauritania
[WK 5625/2024 INIT: Update of the "action file" on Mauritania, more notes on which are below in WK 3934/2024 INIT]
- State of play on the Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership with Egypt
- Trips and visits
Agenda: WK 3933/2024 INIT
- Migratory situation and state of play of cooperation following the coup in July 2023 – update by the Commission and EEAS
= Exchange of views
- Debrief from the Commissioner’s visit and signature of the Joint Declaration, as well as the negotiations of the Action Plan
- Update of the action file
= Exchange of views
(doc. to follow)
[WK 3934/2024 INIT, Revised action file “Mauritania – Strengthening cooperation on migration”: sets out the objectives of the EU's cooperation with Mauritania, and lists a number of actions to be developed based on the "Joint Declaration on Migration", which fall under: socio-economic and employment opportunities (in Mauritania); "protection and asylum"; legal migration and mobility; irregular migration, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, return and readmission; border management, surveillance and control. An annex includes "common messages" for EU officials though a number of these, like other parts of the document, are censored.]
- Debrief from the visit of the Commission President and signature of the Strategic Partnership, and way forward
- Tunisia – update on implementation of the MoU on a strategic and global partnership
- Debrief on Migration and Mobility Dialogue & Talent Partnership Roundtable for Bangladesh (05/03) in Brussels
- Trips and visits:
= Information on the preparation of the upcoming EU-Pakistan Migration and Mobility Dialogue
Agenda: WK 2672/2024 INIT
- Morocco’s migration policy
- State of play of ongoing bilateral and multilateral cooperation
= Exchange of views
WK 2411/2024 REV 1 [Large the same content as the document discussed at the meeting on 16 February, WK 1894/2024 INIT; see also the original version, WK 2411/2024]
- Way forward on the implementation of the migration related part of the Strategic
Partnership with Egypt
= Exchange of views
- Trips and visits
Agenda: WK 1684/2024 REV 1
- Migratory situation - presentation by the representatives of UNHCR and IOM followed by Q and A
- Mission to Libya – debriefing by the Commission and EEAS
= Exchange of views
- Migratory situation - presentation by the representatives of UNHCR and IOM followed by Q and A
- MoU EU-Tunisia - update on the operational implementation by the Commission and EEAS, including a debriefing on the recent mission
= Exchange of views
WK 1894 2024 INIT [A document providing an overview of funding to Tunisia provided through DG NEAR, currently a total of €181.3 million. Programme areas cover: border management and search and rescue; anti-trafficking and anti-smuggling; migration governance; support for the diaspora and the social and economic inclusion of migrants, returning migrants and host communities; legal migration and labour mobility]
- Morocco’s migration policy
- State of play of ongoing bilateral and multilateral cooperation
= Exchange of views
WK 2411/2024 REV 1 [Covers similar thematic areas as in the EU Action Plan on Western Mediterranean in WK 11289/2023: significance to Western Med and Atlantic routes; EU considers Morocco a key partner on migration; some parts on Team Europe and other EU partnerships censored;large section on returns/readmission is substantially censored; the EU has given Morocco €152m EU for border management. See also the original: WK 2411/2024 INIT]
- Way forward on the implementation of the migration related part of the Strategic Partnership with Egypt
= Exchange of views
Agenda: WK 15552/2023 REV 1
1. Action File to follow up on the EU action plan for the Eastern Mediterranean route (matrix) = Exchange of views
WK 15557/2023 INIT [A lengthy table showing the array of actions being put in place to control movement along the so-called Eastern Mediterranean route. A substantial part of the document is, unsurprisingly, focused on Turkey, but it also refers to cooperation with Bangladesh and Pakistan and a number of actions within EU member states.
2. Tunisia = Oral briefing on the operational work and further update on the revised action file by the Commission = Exchange of views
WK 15558/2023 INIT [The Commission will provide a €67m multi-stage-package by the end of the year including spare parts, engines and material to help restart search and rescue operations, training, and support to increase voluntary return; it also refers to €17m for the coast guard, but it is unclear if this is part of the previously-stated amount]
3. Libya = Oral briefing on the operational work and further update on the implementation report by the Commission = Exchange of views
4. Presentation of activities during the Spanish presidency
5. Presentation of the priorities of the incoming presidency
- Trips and visits
- EU/Mauritania SOM
Agenda: WK 13370/2023 INIT
1. Mauritania – Update of the action file = Exchange of views
2. Tunisia – Update on the revised action file = Exchange of views (WK 13459/2023 INIT)
[The action file sets out the EU's objectives for cooperation with Tunisia, as well as actions being implemented, under the following headings: Political and technical outreach; Prevent irregular arrivals and departures, counter-smuggling, increase SAR; Increase assisted voluntary returns from Tunisia and sustainable reintegration in sub-Saharan Africa and reinforce protection of those in need; Strengthen return and reintegration cooperation between Tunisia and the EU; Highlight the importance the EU attaches to legal migration. The annex includes "common messages" for EU officials, some of which, like other content in the document, are censored]
3. Libya – implementation report = Exchange of views (WK 13493/2023 INIT)
4. Bosnia and Herzegovina – implementation report = Exchange of views (WK 13494/2023 INIT)
[Much of the document refers to BiH's intention to accede to the EU, and thus relates to legal alignment. The objectives set out in the document are:Build dialogue, under Stabilisation and Association Agreement; Increase administrative capacity, towards EU accession; Consolidate reception and asylum system; Support border management, strengthen returns; Combat smuggling/trafficking. An array of actions are listed in more detail, under the headings: Political and technical awareness-raising for the implementation of a migration management and reception system in line with EU standards; Strengthening the asylum system and reception capacities; Border management and Frontex action; Building capacity for return and readmission; Combating migrant smuggling and human trafficking networks. Various sections of the document are censored]
5. Iraq – information on cooperation on return and readmission
Agenda: WK 11868/23
1. Action file to follow up on the EU Action Plan on Western Mediterranean and Atlantic routes (matrix) [WK 11289/2023 INIT]
[The document is heavily-censored, with 13 of 26 pages fully blacked out. Text that is available is mainly actions, under the following headings: Strengthen cooperation with partner countries; Prevent irregular migration by combatting smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings; Border management; Protection and legal pathways; Labour migration and partnerships]
2. Nigeria – revised action file [WK 11281/2023 INIT]
[Amongst the "specific objectives" in the document are addressing root causes, enhancing operational cooperation, and enhancing cooperation on returns. Actions, many of which are censored, come under various headings: Political and technical outreach; Address the root causes of irregular migration and promote legal migration pathways; Measures to combat the smuggling of migrants, trafficking in human beings and support border management; Support measures for protection; Conclusion of the readmission agreement, and strengthening readmission support actions. An annex includes "common messages" for EU officials]
Agenda: WK 11278/2023 INIT
Presentation by the Commission of the implementation of the external migration part of the MoU with Tunisia and the 10 Point Plan for Lampedusa
= Exchange of views
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