Europaudvalget 2020-21
EUU Alm.del Bilag 68
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High-level Interparliamentary Conference on Migration and
Asylum in Europe on 19 November 2020
10:00-10:15
10:15-10:45
Symbolic opening - video testimonies
Opening/Keynote
speeches
by
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President of the European Parliament, David-Maria Sassoli
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen
President of the German Bundestag, Wolfgang Schäuble
President of the Portuguese Parliament, Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues
President of the Slovenian National Assembly,
Igor Zorčič
10:45-12:00
Panel discussion on
“Managing asylum and migration together”
with moderator
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President of the European Parliament, David-Maria Sassoli
President of the German Bundestag, Wolfgang Schäuble
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen
and Commissioner Johansson
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, High
Commissioner Filippo Grandi (tbc)
International Organization for Migration, Director General
Dr António Vitorino (tbc)
Q&A with a set number of members of national parliaments and the
European Parliament
 EUU, Alm.del - 2020-21 - Bilag 68: Invitation til interparlamentarisk konference om EU's migrations- og asylpolitik 19/11-20
Simultaneous Virtual Round Tables:
14:00-15:30
1) Relationship between solidarity and responsibility in migration
and asylum management
Co-Chair EP (LIBE) / German Bundestag (Committee on Internal
Affairs and Community)
Introduction
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Ylva Johansson, Commissioner for Home Affairs (tbc);
Horst Seehofer, German Federal Minister of the Interior, Building
and Community, President in-Office of the Home Affairs Council of
the EU, Council Presidency;
Discussants:
External expert: Representative of Médecins Sans
Frontières (tbc);
Testimony: Mayor of Lampedusa, Mayor of Lesbos (tbc);
Exchange of views with member of the national parliaments and the
European Parliament
Topics for discussion may include:
Sharing responsibility and respect of fundamental rights;
Addressing irregular migration and management of external
borders;
Implementing return decisions and ensuring coherence with the
human rights policy of the EU
2) External dimension
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Shaping partnerships with third
countries
Co-Chair EP (AFET/DEVE) / Slovenian National Assembly
Introduction:
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Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships (tbc),
Representative of the African Union (tbc);
Discussants:
External expert: David Miliband, Representative of the
International Rescue Committee (tbc)
Exchange of views with member of national parliaments and the
European Parliament
Topics for discussion may include:
 EUU, Alm.del - 2020-21 - Bilag 68: Invitation til interparlamentarisk konference om EU's migrations- og asylpolitik 19/11-20
External dimension of asylum and migration beyond existing
principles;
Development of comprehensive agreements with third
countries
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state of play;
International approach in times of crisis of multilateralism;
3) Legal migration and integration
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Best practices and the way
forward
Co-Chair EP (LIBE) / Portuguese Parliament
Introduction:
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Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission
for Promoting our European way of life;
Representative of the Bundesrat
Discussants: external experts
Representative of the private sector;
Representative of Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative;
Exchange of views with members of national parliaments and the
European Parliament
Topics for discussion may include:
Addressing legal migration gaps;
Fostering well-managed mobility: the EU Talent Pool;
Promoting integration with adequate funding: towards the
Action Plan 2021-2024 on integration and inclusion
15:45-16:30
Plenary:
Symbolic closing - video testimonies
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Short presentation the discussions’
results
of the three Thematic
Groups by rapporteurs of each Group (Co-chair)
Closing statement by Presidents Schäuble and Sassoli
Announcement on a Follow-Up Conference