Federica Mogherini discusses better management of migration flows with Grandi, Swing

Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission met on the 18 February 2017 the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, and the Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), William Swing, in the margins of the Munich Security Conference.

They discussed at length the cooperation on the European Union's initiatives to better manage the migration flows, particularly through Libya, and the willingness to step up the work. During the meeting, she underlined the European Union has created its innovative way for a sustainable, respectful and humane management of the migration flows that is setting an example, also for the United Nations Global Compacts on migration and on refugees.

ESO: Background information: Munich Security Report 2017: 'Post-Truth, Post-West, Post-Order? http://www.europeansources.info/record/munich-security-report-2017-post-truth-post-west-post-order/

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