{"id":4225,"date":"2019-03-06T20:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emn.ee\/the-european-agenda-on-migration-eu-needs-to-sustain-progress-made-over-the-past-4-years\/"},"modified":"2019-03-06T20:00:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:00:30","slug":"the-european-agenda-on-migration-eu-needs-to-sustain-progress-made-over-the-past-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emn.ee\/en\/the-european-agenda-on-migration-eu-needs-to-sustain-progress-made-over-the-past-4-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Agenda on Migration: EU needs to sustain progress made over the past 4 years."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faced with the most severe refugee crisis the world has seen since the Second World War, the EU managed to bring about a step change in migration management and border protection. The EU has offered protection and support to millions, saved lives, dismantled smuggling networks and brought irregular arrivals to Europe down to the lowest level recorded in 5 years. Nevertheless, more work is needed to make the EU\u2019s migration policy truly future-proof in view of a constantly evolving geopolitical context and a steady rise in migratory pressure on a global scale (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/home-affairs\/sites\/homeaffairs\/files\/what-we-do\/policies\/european-agenda-migration\/20190306_managing-migration-factsheet-step-change-migration-management-border-security-timeline_en.pdf\">Factsheet<\/a>).<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/home-affairs\/sites\/homeaffairs\/files\/what-we-do\/policies\/european-agenda-migration\/20190306_managing-migration-factsheet-step-change-migration-management-border-security-timeline_en.pdf\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faced with the most severe refugee crisis the world has seen since the Second World War, the EU managed to bring about a step change in migration management and border protection. 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