Towards a Common European Migration Management Policy: UNHCR Observations on the European Commission Communication on a Community Immigration Policy (COM (2000) 757 final)

The present Note seeks to bring UNHCR’s contribution to the current debate in respect of a comprehensive European policy approach to migration management. The Note’s central focus is on the European Commission’s Communication on Community immigration policy, issued in November 2000. It sets out a short explanation behind UNHCR’s interest in migration issues. It then briefly reviews the key proposals set out in the Communication. Finally, building on the ideas and approaches discussed in the Communication, the Note attempts to delineate, from a UNHCR perspective, the broad framework for a comprehensive European migration management policy.