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EU Migration Preparedness and Crisis Management Mechanism

FRA gave a presentation on good practices to protect and promote human rights during and after COVID during the EU Migration Preparedness and Crisis Management Mechanism (Blueprint) Network meeting on 4 February.

EU agencies presented the impact of COVID on migratory flows, migration management, asylum, smuggling trends and returns, and the impact of the situation in Belarus on migratory and asylum related flows. The European Commission and its External Action Service, the Council Secretariat, EU Member States and five EU agencies (EASO, Frontex, Europol, eu-LISA and FRA) attended. The network seeks to exchange information on migration trends and ensure continuity with what the Council’s emergency mechanism currently does.