 مجرد مغلق يتجهد بجميع مغلقات مغلقات وما يجد في محافظة أفضل العالم بما أنه يوجد في مجموعة أفريقية أو في مجموعة أردية فهم الموضوعية أكثر من هذه المجموعة لم يكن تفهم مجموعة ونحن يجب أن يكونون بخصوصة ما يصلنا بناتنا لي is a huge lucrative multi-million euro business. أردت هذا月 في العدد منها أردت بكتابة الوقت من الصمتعast European Migrant. الوصولهي حتى فهمت بأن أداسوح بجمهات مقعتين ثرانية البلدين الأسلحي منها و 6 بليون أوروز في الناس مغلقين ريكس العمال الأجنسية روغ وين ريكس قمت بشكل 90% من أكثر من 1 بليون ميغرن who entered the EU illegally last year used a so-called facilitation service to get to you in most cases provided by criminal groups as is the case with any business the migrant smuggling circles seek to satisfy an existing demand by supplying the required product or service at a good profit ruthless organized criminal networks have over the past years exploited the plight of millions who are in search of a new life away from civil strife terror and misery they abusively transport them across borders and between ميغرن for a hefty price they essentially treat these people as goods packing them on board often unsuitable vessels showing no concern whatsoever to their safety and likes and when i say packing them it's it's really packing them i have seen photos and very much so indeed on a side note regrettably the other important and immediate challenge facing the european union and the global community is that of terrorism the recent attacks in belgium iraq and pakistan have all claimed innocent lives lives lost to a misguided and perverted ideology so currently we are either discussing terrorism or discussing migration since the year 2002 morta has experienced an irregular migration phenomenon with migrants reaching our central military islands by boat or dinghy mainly from the shores of western nibia the craft used by smugglers are often loaded beyond capacity further to being old or of a poor quantity this is confirmed by the fact that many of those who landed in morta did so upon being rescued by the assets of the armed forces of morta that are responsible for search and rescue matters nearly all the boats that ended up in morta were soon to to these voyages intended to reach the shores of sicily or the island of languadoose therefore although morta was opened on the front line it hardly ever was an intended country of destination as you said in the beginning as a matter of fact even many of those who managed to reach Italy saw countries further up north in the year 2002 over 1600 irregular migrants entered morta although such a number may not sound impressive by European standards it has to be borne in mind that morta is the smallest and most densely populated member state in the european union its territory is of only 316 square kilometers whereas its population exceeds 400 000 moreover the influx experienced in 2002 was not a one-off phenomenon as the numbers of arrivals remained high over the following years peaking in 2008 where the number neither reached the 3000 mark so we had to invent open centers detention centers schools turned into detention or open centers and of course to give them the necessary help medical and even other services the difficulties faced by morta were compounded by a number of factors first by the fact that nearly all arrivals took place in the summer months which placed significant strain on our reception capabilities second linearly all persons entered irregularly applied applied for international protection which meant that for a number of years morta ranked first or second among the industries industrialized countries worldwide in terms of asylum applications received per capita such statistics have been compiled and published by the UNACR therefore even though migrants did not perceive morta as a country of destination many sought international protection in the country and were indeed recognized as being in need of such protection in this regard it was also have to be pointed out that a very significant proportion of those reaching the country irregularly originated from unstable regions in the Horn of Africa as a matter of fact over 7 000 of these migrants were Somali and over 3000 came from Eritrea in view of this morta not only received many asylum applications but also many applications that resulted in recognition of protection mainly subsidiary protection morta's asylum recognition rate often hovered above 50% and on occasions even reached higher percentages including up to 80% as well so irregular migration therefore resulted in morta having to bolster its reception facilities as well as its asylum determination capabilities significant investment was made in both systems including through the utilization of european union funding mechanisms furthermore the mortis government is constantly reviewing the relevant mechanisms with a view to improving them in this regard government has recently reviewed morta's reception policy whereby the system is now less reliant on detention and more focused on open center accommodation the ministry for home affairs and national security has in fact published a national strategy for the reception of asylum seekers and irregular migrants as recently as december 2015 a publication that was preceded by a consultation phase and even here a number of NGOs took part in the consultation process one of the one of the primary objectives of this strategy is to ensure that morta's reception system including detention is fully compliant with the EU recast reception conditions directive as well as recent european court of human rights judgments pertaining to morta several reforms have been introduced through this strategy and complementary amendments to the immigration act and the reception standards regulations under the refugee act including the introduction of criteria for the pursuance of the detention in respect of asylum applicants as well as the establishment of a system of initial reception for those who enter morta irregularly this short term accommodation arrangement allows for the proper processing and medical screening for those who enter irregularly this includes the process to determine who should be detained and who shouldn't the document also provides for accommodation arrangements for minors in the EU of detention of course arrangements that provide for initial reception at a dedicated facility followed by accommodation at open reception centers suited for the needs of minors hence the strategy provides for a humane approach to irregular migration an approach which does not however rule out detention in view of national security considerations particularly where this is required to verify the identity or nationality of persons who have entered the country irregularly and undocumented this in my view contributes to a balanced approach to irregular migration over the last two years morta has experienced a reduction in the number of persons reaching the country irregularly mainly in view of maritime operations taking place to the south of morta's search and rescue region however this has not resulted in a corresponding decrease in the number of asylum applications in fact during the year 2014 morta received a total of 1283 new asylum applications whilst in 2015 the number of applications received was significantly higher standing at 1716 during these last two years recognition figures have also remained high with most applications received having been fired by libian and syrian nationals it is therefore true to say that morta is still on the front line when matters are seen from the international protection perspective but not only because our armed forces are daily are being called to to save lives at sea in fact only last week they have our particular offshore vessel spent about 72 hours on three or four different missions so i think it's quite an achievement for for that when i'm seeing your military here as well notwithstanding the pressures that morta continues to face it has immediately agreed and contributed to the european union's project for the relocation of asylum seekers from italy and greece in this regard the first asylum seekers from italy and greece were received 15 from italy and six from greece all erithrian have already made their way to morta the implementation of this project will continue over the coming months and we'll try also to accelerate this this process as is requested by the european union morta's participation in this project is in line with the government's stand whereby it has always contended that whilst the provision of فنانشل and technical assistance is important and of course always welcome this does this does not necessarily fully address the challenges faced by member states it should also be noted that morta will also be taking part in the european european union resettlement project through the resettlement of a number of asylum seekers from outside the european union mainly coming from turkey and this is the first for us in terms of resettlement in june 2015 the eu launched a military operation in the southern central Mediterranean better known as uniformed or operations sophia which is based in rome the aim of this military operation is to undertake systematic efforts to identify capture and dispose of vessels as well as disabling assets used or suspected of being used by migrant smugglers or traffickers morta fully supports this initiative and has contributed to it since its inception in fact we are planning to keep contributing through specially trained personnel from the armed forces of morta at the same time we look forward to Libya establishing a stable government which is also crucial in terms of countering both migration and terrorism morta is wasting no time in showing solidarity with other EU member states who are directly affected by the issue of unauthorized entry into their territory and is steadfastly committed to a common fair and sustainable EU approach where all member states hold their weight practical solidarity between EU member states through migration burden sharing has been advocated by my country four years now time and again we have stressed the need for a permanent mechanism to alleviate the problem faced by both the states such as our islands in case of a migration crisis morta and a few other countries have in the past years kept fighting for Mediterranean migration to be placed higher on the EU agenda it has taken the European Union quite a while to get its act together on this issue a veritable search for a European solution was only sought with this situation or when this situation reached crisis point and started being felt by more member states we have finally managed to at least sit around the table and focus on a common way forward no EU country no EU country is in a position or should try to deal with the migration issue on its own and i think the experience of Germany now is can vouch for this neither should any country at the union's external border be left to carry at its proportionate burden as a result of its being the first of call for migrants the recent past has shown that this does not work apart from the fact that it puts in jeopardy the very core values of solidarity and unity in diversity that under underpin our union we must continue working together in order to further secure our extended borders in so doing saving the shengen area we must go on addressing the root causes of a regular migration and forced displacement in the countries of origin the recent EU-Turkey agreement was perhaps the first time that we as EU member states seriously come together in a bit to destroy the people smugglers business model at least in the agency trafficers are in this for the money so if we want to discourage them from pursuing their activities further we must render their available activity unprofitable it is essential to make this happen if we really want a durable solution to this torn issue and the best way to do it is by removing the demand for their services the joint EU-Turkey action plan provided some breeding space to both sides to address the unprecedented migration crisis emanating from the western working route this deal which also aimed at breaking the business model of traffickers and smugglers along that route provided an effective mutual response to this crisis in conjunction with EU cooperation with partner countries in the western working all this brought to the light how important cooperation with neighboring countries is to the holistic effort to address migration flows however we need to be extremely careful here as happens in any business مائران سمغلر will not simply throw in the towel pack up and go home but will instead seek ways to adopt to the new situation there have been reports that faced by the closure of the broken trade traffickers are luring migrants towards alternative routes the international organization for migration has warned that the Libya to Italy route is getting very very active hundreds of migrants have already been rescued at sea in the central Mediterranean zone in the past days and figures show this especially when well-conversed the current figures with the previous year last month morta cautioned against measures that will simply shift migratory pressures from the Aegean to other routes such as through the Adriatic Sea or the center of the Mediterranean on the 10th of March i told my colleagues at the jha council meeting that this means looking at the collateral effects of every measure we take it is for this reason that morta is insisting that aid is given to other countries too should they be adversely affected by a shift in migratory routes as a result of the Turkish trade being being clogged EU citizens are frustrated by the current situation which is largely a result of a lacking implementation of EU decisions in the past years as i had the opportunity to tell my colleagues at the council of the EU recently it is now more important than ever for for member states and EU institutions to avoid political posturing unilateral decisions decision-making and nationalistic entrenchment we must all work together as a single team while progress have been made at an EU level political leadership and the long-term coherent vision to address my greater pressures on the EU remain absent i cannot emphasize enough the imperative need to move beyond crisis control and to make progress on one aspect of the comprehensive approach including a truly common european asylum system beginning with the reform of the doubling system from morta's point of view one of the main challenges remains the conflict and instability in Libya as it is from its chores that the bulk of asylum seekers taking the central european route depart the focus is at the moment on greece as the main point of entry of unauthorized migrants into EU however the central Mediterranean route is still active and should not be ignored we must leave no stone unturned in order to achieve stability in Libya so as to finally have a single reliable interpreter in this important neighboring country while the asylum process is of utmost importance we have to remember that a significant number of those who enter regularly are not entitled to international protection such verses of course have to be returned to their respective countries of origin in this regard one of the key obstacles فاست by the multi's authorities is related to the fact that most of the migrants reaching the country irregularly are undocumented when trying to affect the return of such migrants morta sometimes or most of the time i must say faces lack of cooperation by certain countries of origin mainly in the form of lengthy delays in issuing the travel documents to return their own nationals over the years morta has made several attempts to return migrants to various countries however not withstanding several contacts made by diplomatic channels only a few countries reply with regularity the vast majority of requests remain pending by means of a positive EU funding multi's authorities have implemented a number of projects to strengthen cooperation with relevant countries of origin furthermore efforts were made to provide favorable assistant voluntary return entry admission programs to improve sustainable voluntary return no one can question the importance of properly addressing the issue of migrants muddling today as opposed to tomorrow as well as to the element of solidarity in response to the ongoing migrant crisis it is an unfortunate reality that as things than today the crime of migrants muddling remains a low-risk high gain option for the perpetrators it is only the victims or the users of the service of course within the commas that are confronted with a high-risk high-cost option as they are enticed into spending their life savings on a trip that may very well be their last at the same time we also need to be stronger in the asylum sphere here it is the principle of solidarity that offers the key to the proper way forward we also need to improve return figures so as to send a strong message against the viability of a regular migration as a way to enter Europe for economic reasons regrettably this is not an easily achievable objective however success in this sphere is essential in parallel with the establishment of proper legal immigration opportunities let us remember that at the end of the day the EU does need immigrants our working population is declining for the time being we can generally speaking still manage to keep our economy growing by encouraging more elderly people to stay in the workforce and more women to enter it in the medium to long term however the EU will need to attract a significant number of immigrants from beyond its external borders in the words of Jean Christophe Dumont an expert on migration at the OECD and i quote him for now we can make better use of migrants who are already here matching their skills better to labor market needs in the longer term it will not only be about matching skills it will also be about numbers unquote that lifeless body of a three-year old syrian boy washed up on a turkish beach of course a shocking image that has become iconographic i believe is seen by many in europe as depicting the problem when the toddler might very well have been part of the solution last november the valetta summit of migration was held in the multiscapital valetta it brought together more than 60 european and african head of state and government in an effort to strengthen cooperation and address the current challenges but also the opportunities of migration it is important that the political declaration and action plan agreed at the valetta summit are implemented it's also a question of credibility of us in europe with africans that action plan was designed designed to address the root causes of a regular migration and forced displacement enhanced cooperation on legal migration and mobility reinforced the protection of migrants and asylum seekers prevent and fight a regular migration migrants muddling and trafficking in human beings and ensure that the partner countries were more closely to improve cooperation on return readmission and reintegration during the valetta summit the leaders also agreed a list of 16 concrete actions to be implemented by the end of 2016 about bone tourism the existing the existing mechanisms of the rapid process the cartoon process and the joint eu africa strategy will be used to monitor the implementation of the action plan therefore i wish to conclude by pointing out that morta has traditionally perceived itself as a country of emigration rather than one of emigration yet the last few years have seen a radical transformation of migration realities in morta i think that this is one of the reasons why migration remains such a controversial issue which often prompts a very emotional response as well as very emotional language it is however important for us all in morta and in the rest of Europe to approach migration logically without forgetting our human rights obligations and our humanity in the process in the past few minutes we have turned the spotlight on the morta's perspective on migration from the island's position at the southernmost border of the european union i hope that my presentation has served to provide a better understanding of the situation from a central mediterranean union in front of you therefore i thank you very much for your interest and attention and now i look forward to answering any questions as you may have