Joint Statement by Dutch Minister for Migration Klaas Dijkhoff and European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos

Following the European Council of 18-19 February 2016 and ahead of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 25 February, the Dutch Minister for Migration Klaas Dijkhoff and the European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos expressed in a joint statement their determination to pursue a European approach to the refugee crisis.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: Meeting: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 25 February 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-justice-and-home-affairs-council-25-february-2016/

ESO: Background Information: Speech: Keynote Speech by Commissioner Avramopoulos at the 2016 Harvard European Conference: Europe at the Crossroads of the Migration and Security Crises http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-keynote-speech-by-commissioner-avramopoulos-at-the-2016-harvard-european-conference-europe-at-the-crossroads-of-the-migration-and-security-crises/

ESO: Background Information: Speech: Remarks by Commissioner Avramopoulos at the launch of the European Migrant Smuggling Centre http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-remarks-by-commissioner-avramopoulos-at-the-launch-of-the-european-migrant-smuggling-centre/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

Politico, 24.02.16: Last-gasp push to save EU migration policy http://www.politico.eu/article/eu-scrambles-to-stop-spread-of-solo-refugee-responses-migration-greece-strategy/

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