IOM Welcomes Proposals for a New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum
(WorldNews Africa)

Geneva, Brussels - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomes the arrival of the much-anticipated proposals comprising a future European Union (EU) Pact on Migration and Asylum presented on Wednesday (23-09) by the European Commission. IOM is pleased to see affirmation in the package that migration and mobility can be manageable under a comprehensive, rights-based, whole-of-route approach grounded in partnerships and cooperation. `While we have yet to assess it in detail, the proposal is a notable starting point that covers many dimensions of a complex, broad and often divisive issue,` said António Vitorino, IOM Director General. `It clearly recognizes that no one country...