Overview of EU funds used to finance migration cooperation needed
Call for an independent and accessible complaints mechanism
Parliament criticises the European Commission and some EU countries for overusing informal agreements on the return and readmission of irregular migrants.
On Wednesday, Parliament adopted a report by 358 votes in favour, 309 against, with 26 abstentions providing recommendations on human rights protection in the framework of the EU’s external asylum and migration policy.
The text notes that, since 2016, the EU and some member states have made many informal bilateral agreements and arrangements with third countries on strengthening their border control and management capacities, fighting human trafficking and on the return and readmission of irregular migrants.