Stability Pact: Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative MARRI

So far, displacement matters were the responsibility of the Regional Return Initiative (RRI -Working Table I) while migration and asylum issues fell under Justice and Home Affairs in the Migration and Asylum Initiative (MAI - Working Table III). Soeren Jessen-Petersen, in his capacity as chairman of both initiatives has outlined a streamlined and integrated approach, which was endorsed by Justice and Interior Ministers in Tirana (12 December 2002) and by the Stability Pact Regional Table in Thessaloniki (16 Deceber 2002)

MARRI will cover:

- asylum
- legal migration
- illegal migration
- border management
- visa policy and entry policies
- return/settlement of refugees/displaced persons

In the months to come a regional roadmap for action will be developed. Due attention will be paid to coordinate closely with activites already underway elsewhere, inside or outside the Stability Pact. The geographic scope of MARRI will be extended beyond the five SAP countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Yugoslavia) to include neighboring candidate countries Bulgaria and Romania, as well as Moldova.

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Settlement and Integration of Refugees in Serbia

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