Updated ‘Call for Proposals - Migration Partnerships’ (AMIF funds) and MPF Call for Proposals 2023 – Borders & Security (ISF and BMVI funds) have been published on the MPF website in July 2024.
Amidst the pressures and tragedies accompanying boat arrivals to the Cabo Verdean islands, the country’s fledging Local Immigration Units (ULIs) have answered the call. Over the past sixteen months, several boats carrying migrants have reached the shores of the islands of Boa Vista, Sal, and São Vincente. In these trying moments, ULIs have emerged as integral pillars, coordinating rescue efforts and providing crucial support to those arriving in dire need.
The study “The Power of Partnership Approaches” analyses MPF’s portfolio of 48 partnership projects funded between 2016 and 2023 to propose a classification of five types of migration partnerships. The study describes main characteristics, strengths and opportunities, weaknesses, or challenges, and provides examples of activities under each category.
What are the impacts of labour migration on those who stay and those who leave? This question was the red thread for the rationale behind the EU-funded MPF project Children Left Behind by Labour Migration (given the moniker, CASTLE), which has recently wrapped up activities.
New study commissioned by the Migration Partnership Facility highlights the current challenges and opportunities regarding talent attraction and retention policies in the EU and beyond. Featuring examples of national strategies and practices from all over Europe, the research piece provides a comparative snapshot along with 10 action-driven recommendations.
Within the MPF’s border management portfolio, a significant milestone was achieved on February 13, 2024, as another project reached its successful conclusion. The final event of the “Enhancing capacities of Border Police forces to detect forged identity and travel documents for preventing and combating irregular migration and trafficking in human beings” project took place in Chisinau, at the premises of the General Inspectorate for Border Police.
On 21-22 November in Brussels, the Labour Mobility Practitioner’s Network (EU LMPN) organised its second In-person Conference in Brussels to discuss “Labour Mobility and Skills Shortages: Connecting the Dots”.
In the complex world of migration management, partnerships are integral to the development of cooperative, coordinated, and effective border responses to irregular migration and transnational crimes. Prometheus II, an EU-funded project under the Migration Partnership Facility (MPF), stands as an example of such a partnership initiative.
2023 marks the 30th anniversary of the Budapest Process. This December, Budapest Process Senior Officials will gather in Istanbul to celebrate its anniversary. At the same time, discussions on the new Ministerial Declaration and Action Plan to be adopted in its upcoming Ministerial Conference will commence. As the dialogue ushers itself to a new phase, it is worth taking stock of its successes from the early days to what it has become today.
