High-level Inter-parliamentary Conference on Migration and Asylum in Europe

Tuesday 17 Nov 2020 @ 14:33
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On Thursday from 10:00 to 16:30, MEPs and national MPs will gather virtually to discuss how to manage migration and asylum in Europe.

The conference will open with keynote speeches by Parliament and Commission Presidents David Sassoli and Ursula von der Leyen, the Presidents of the German parliament, Wolfgang Schäuble, of the Portuguese parliament, Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, and of Slovenia’s parliament, Igor Zorčič.

Watch the opening session (click on hyperlinks to access streaming).

It will be followed by a debate on “Managing asylum and migration together” with contributions from Presidents Sassoli, von der Leyen and Schäuble as well as Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson, UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi and International Organization for Migration Director General António Vitorino.

Click here for the full press release

Original article link: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20201113IPR91599/

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