European Union Committee
EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling

4th Report of Session 2015-16 - published 3 November 2015 - HL Paper 46

Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction

The EU’s Action Plan against migrant smuggling

The Committee’s inquiry

Chapter 2: Migrants and migrant smugglers

Introduction

Migrants, asylum seekers and refugees

Box 1: Who is a refugee?

Who are the migrants entering the EU?

Figure 1: Main Land and Sea Routes of Irregular Entry into
the EU

Trafficking vs smuggling

Smugglers as “evil” and “organised”

Chapter 3: The Action Plan in context

Addressing root causes of irregular migration

Establishing safe and legal routes

Box 2: What are safe and legal routes?

Migrant smuggling and other EU policy areas

Migrant smuggling in the international context

Chapter 4: The Action Plan in practice

The Four Priorities

(i) Enhanced judicial and law enforcement response

(ii) Improved gathering and sharing of information

Box 3: JOT MARE

(iii) Preventing smuggling and assisting vulnerable migrants

(iv) Cooperation with third countries

Chapter 5: EU Agencies

The role of EU Agencies in the Action Plan

Mandates

Legal and operational issues

Fundamental rights concerns

Resources

Cooperation, communication and coordination

Inter-Agency cooperation

Box 4: What are Hotspots?

Figure 2: The “Hotspots” approach

Cooperation with Member State authorities

Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations

Appendix 1: List of Members and Declarations of Interest

Appendix 2: List of witnesses

Appendix 3: Call for Evidence

Appendix 4: List of actions in the EU Action Plan against Migrant Smuggling

Appendix 5: List of EU Agencies

Appendix 6: Letter from UNHCR

Appendix 7: Acronyms and Abbreviations

Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/eu-action-plan-against-migrant-smuggling and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7129 3074).

Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence




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