Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
The meetings of the Ministers of the Interior and Justice of the European Union will begin this morning in Brussels, which will last for two days. The first day's discussions, "Thursday", will be devoted to the Ministers of the Interior and will be chaired by the Czech Interior Minister, Vit Rakoshan, whose country holds the current rotating presidency of the Union. The agenda of the meetings includes major issues such as the immigration and asylum file, where they will be followed up The developments of this file, especially with regard to improving the effectiveness of returning to the country of origin or the country from which the people whose applications for asylum were rejected came, in addition to discussing the external dimension of immigration and discussing the situation along the main immigration routes. A meeting of the Schengen Committee will also be held to follow up the situation in general in the European visa area. Unified and full application of the Schengen agreements in Romania, Croatia and Bulgaria
This is in addition to discussing other files related to cooperation between the competent authorities in combating terrorism and combating cases of exploitation in the file of immigration and asylum, as well as the regulation for preventing and combating sexual abuse of children, as well as discussing the repercussions of the Russian war in Ukraine, as well as preparing for forest fires in the context of the civil protection mechanism in the European Union and preparing for the forum The ministerial meeting between the European Union and the Western Balkans in the interior and justice files, as well as the similar ministerial meeting between the European Union and the United States of America, in addition to discussing the program of work for the new rotating presidency of the European Union, which will start in early January.
On the next day, “Friday,” the discussions will be devoted to the Ministers of Justice on combating impunity with regard to crimes committed in the context of the Russian war against Ukraine, the issue of strengthening the capabilities of the European Network for Electronic Crimes, the use of electronic evidence, the digitization of judicial cooperation, and the discussion of the European Union’s annual report on the implementation of the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights.