From Tampere 20 to Tampere 2.0: Towards a new European consensus on migration

Summary:

To mark the 20th anniversary of the Tampere European Council conclusions (1999), a research project was developed to assess to assess the legacy of the Tampere conclusions and how they continue to shape and inspire the European Union's (EU) policymaking. Centred on four pillars – partnerships with countries of origin, a Common European Asylum System (CEAS), fair treatment of third-country nationals and the management of migration flows - these conclusions provided guidelines and sketched out principles that remain relevant two decades later. The project included a series of expert roundtables, culminating in a conference held in Helsinki in October 2019, in the margins of Finland's Council Presidency. The ideas and suggestions discussed at these events were brought together in this publication.

Based on the current state of the EU’s migration and asylum policies and the lessons learned from the 2015-2016 crisis, the book argues that solidarity and the implementation of common policies are the two building blocks for a new European consensus on migration. It puts forward a set of concrete ideas on a new institutional and financial framework for migration policies, on legal migration, the common European asylum system, Schengen, integration, border control, return and readmission, the Global Approach and Partnership Framework, and development.

Table of Contents:

1. Financial framework | Iris Goldner Lang
2. EU agencies | Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi
3. Migration and development | Vincent Chetail
4. The Global Approach and Partnership Framework | Elspeth Guild
5. Legal migration | Kees Groenendijk
6. Integration | Ilke Adam & Daniel Thym
7. The Common European Asylum System | Lyra Jakulevičienė
8. Responsibility allocation and solidarity | Francesco Maiani
9. Schengen and internal border controls | Marie De Somer
10. Return and readmission 131
11. Towards a new European consensus on migration and asylum | Philippe De Bruycker

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