With economic globalisation, patterns of international migration are changing. While the majority of migrants move within their region, more migrants travel further distances for a job and a living. While they are welcome when (cheap) labour is needed, permanent settlement and participation in societies meet barriers and restrictions. Currently a trend can be observed in many European countries to increase labour migration, while their status and rights remain uncertain. The right to family life for migrants is particularly under threat in many countries.
Therefore, priorities will be:
A uniform set of rights for all migrants
Ratification of binding legal instruments Europe-wide and globally
Advocating for the right to family life as sine qua non of integration
Monitoring expulsion, detention and removal of migrants
Address situations of migrants in irregular situation
