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EU Commossion VP Schinas and Commissioner Johansson to attend High-Level Conference on Legal Migration, 16 – 17 November 2023

16 November 2023 - 17 November 2023

Brussels, 15 November 2023

Tomorrow, Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas, and Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson will host the High-level Conference on Legal Migration in Madrid.

The conference is organised by the Commission with the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The conference comes a day after the Commission adopted a new set of proposals on Skills and Talent Mobility, and brings together key representatives from EU institutions, Member States and international partners, IOM, UNHCR, employers’ organisations, as well as trade unions and civil society. The aim is to facilitate discussions on the current state of labour migration in the EU, trends, challenges, and new solutions.

On Thursday, Commissioner Johansson will give opening remarks. Afterwards, the Commissioner will attend the high-level session on labour migration in the current European and global context where she will present the EU Talent Pool proposal. Vice-President Schinas and Commissioner Johansson will participate in the panel on working with countries of origin and transit in scaling up Talent Partnerships, with the participation of key third countries for migration.

On Friday, discussions at expert level will focus on progress, challenges and achievements of the Skills and Talent Package proposed by the Commission in 2022. They will also address labour shortages, towards sustainability and growth in specific sectors, such as healthcare or transport. Furthermore, the recently adopted proposal on the EU Talent Pool and Talent Partnerships will also be presented by the Commission to the participants.

The conference will be livestreamed here by the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration as of 09:30 CET on 16 November and as of 10:00 CET on 17 November.

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Start:
16 November 2023
End:
17 November 2023
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https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/MEX_23_5809

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Madrid
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