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\nOver 2011, European Alternatives is organizing a deliberative consultation with citizens and stakeholders in a sample of six EU countries on transeuropean issues relating to the area of Justice, Security and Freedom contained in the Stockholm Programme (2010-2014).\u00a0 The consultations will be taking place in the UK, France, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain and Romania, but citizens from throughout Europe will be involved.<\/p>\n

Establishing a Europe of responsibility, solidarity and partnership in migration and asylum matters, which fights against racism and xenophobia, isone of the six topics around which citizens’ panels will be organized.
\nThese consultations are imagined to decline a specific set of shared demands at a European level in the areas of citizens\u2019 rights, leading to specific actions, including the possibility of a European Citizens\u2019 Initiative.<\/p>\n

Political and institutional framework<\/strong>
\nMigration law in Europe is regulated by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union under the area of Freedom, Security and Justice.<\/p>\n

According to articles 61.1 and 61.2 \u201cthe Union shall constitute an area of freedom, security and justice with respect for fundamental rights and the different legal systems and traditions of the Member States. It shall ensure the absence of internal border controls for persons and shall frame a common policy on asylum, immigration and external border control, based on solidarity between Member States, which is fair towards third-country nationals\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

A series of regulations and directives have been adopted step by step at the European level, but the European Union lacks a solid common policy. In a region sharing a single border, the diversity of legislations stipulating on a same subject is no longer satisfactory.
\nInitiatives such as the European Commission proposal for a European ‘Blue Card’ for skilled migrants as well as the adoption of the ‘Return Directive’ on the standards for sending illegal immigrants back to their countries demonstrate the unrest and urgent need of clear reforms of migration policies in Europe.
\nThe \u201cEuropean Pact on Immigration and Asylum\u201d provides the basis for the development of a common approach both to legal and illegal migration.<\/p>\n

European Alternatives advocates for the implementation of these new common policies covering the following aspects:<\/p>\n