OSCE PA AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MIGRATION VISIT TO BRUSSELS (5-6 February 2018) FINAL REPORT Members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Migration at the Belgian House of Representatives in Brussels, together with Simon Mordue, Deputy Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission, 6 Feb. 2018 22 February 2018 This briefing report represents the views of the authors and expert sources, which are cited, and is not to be considered an official document of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. It may not be reprinted in whole or in part without the official permission of the International Secretariat of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. _________________ Tordenskjoldsgade 1, 1055 Copenhagen K., Denmark Phone: +45 33 37 80 40 - Fax: +45 33 37 80 30 -
[email protected] - www.oscepa.org I. Introduction On 5-6 February 2018, 11 members of the OSCE PA Ad Hoc Committee on Migration travelled to Brussels to learn more about Belgian migration and asylum policies, procedures for unaccompanied minors (UAMs) as well as measures to promote the integration of refugees. The visit was hosted by the Belgian delegation to the OSCE PA, headed by Ms. Nahima Lanjri, and the Belgian House of Representatives.1 This visit also provided the opportunity to meet with officials from the EU, IOM and UNHCR to follow up on the Committee’s recommendations on Ensuring a Coherent, Shared and Responsible Governance of Migration and Refugee Flows adopted in Minsk in July 2017. The discussions focused on implementation of the European Agenda on Migration and the international community’s efforts to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Libya.