National ambassadors of the Member States to the EU continued their discussions, on Friday 28 January, on how to take forward the Pact on Migration and Asylum ahead of the informal meeting of the EU Interior Ministers scheduled for 3 February in Lille (see EUROPE B12877A4).
The Presidency had submitted a note to this effect detailing the gradual approach it wished to follow, organised in particular on the basis of a prior agreement on verification controls at the EU’s external borders...