The Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted two, somewhat critical, reports on European migration policy on Wednesday 8 February, one on migration partnerships with third countries, authored by Peter Bossman (PES, Slovenia) and the other on reform of the common European asylum system by Vincenzo Bianco (PES, Italy).
With the adoption of Bossman’s opinion, the members of the CoR acknowledge the usefulness and back the establishment of the “hotspots” outside the EU and the partnerships...