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From the New Pact to a new strategy: The next phase of EU migration policy

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Date

14 April 2026

Time

14:00-17:00 CEST

Location

European Policy Centre, Rue du Trône 14-16, 1000 Brussels

Type of Event

Hybrid Policy Dialogue

Organisation

EPC and Egmont

Following the launch of the first Annual Migration Management Cycle, the success of the reforms to the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) now depends on robust and effective implementation. Marking another important milestone, the European Commission has also presented its five-year strategy on migration, setting out the key priorities that will shape EU migration and asylum policy over the coming years. Yet uneven levels of preparedness for implementing the CEAS reforms, together with broader geopolitical and societal transformations, call for a closer examination of emerging challenges and raise important questions about how the EU and its partners should prepare for and respond to them.

Taking place two years after the Pact’s adoption and two months before its ‘Implementation Day’, this event will feature two panels. The first will focus on the implementation of the New Pact, in light of the Commission’s presentation of the State of Play. The second will explore the EU’s longer-term migration strategy in a world increasingly shaped by instability and profound change.

 

 

Panel I: Implementing the New Pact

 

  • MEP Fabienne Keller
  • Monique Pariat, Migration Adviser, Institut Jacques Delors
  • Virginie Jacob, Senior Adviser on Migration and Diversity at EPC
  • Martin Taschner, Head of Unit Pact Coordination, Austria, Germany, DG HOME, European Commission
  • Ioannis Papageorgiou, Chair of the Asylum Working Party, Cyprus presidency
  • Jean-Louis De Brouwer, Director, European Affairs Programme, Egmont Institute (Moderator)

 

Panel II: Delivering the next phase of EU migration policy

 

  • Mercedes García Pérez, Head of Division, Migration and Human Security, European External Action Service
  • Sabelo Mbokazi, Head of Division, Labour, Employment and Migration, African Union Commission
  • Michael Shotter, Director, Directorate Borders, Migration and Anti-Smuggling, DG HOME, European Commission
  • Angela Moore, Head of Policy and Legal Support Unit, Representation for EU Affairs at UNHCR
  • Camille Le Coz, Director of Migration Policy Institute Europe
  • Alberto-Horst Neidhardt, Senior Policy Analyst and Head of European Migration & Diversity Programme, European Policy Centre (Moderator)

 

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