Brussels, 20 February 2020 WK 1973/2020 INIT DOCUMENT PARTIALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE                                LIMITE PUBLIC (30.11.2020) JAI ASIM RELEX COWEB ELARG WORKING PAPER This is a paper intended for a specific community of recipients. Handling and further distribution are under the sole responsibility of community members. WORKING DOCUMENT From:                  General Secretariat of the Council To:                    Strategic Committee On Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum High-Level Working Group on Asylum and Migration Subject:               Presentations made during SCIFA/HLWG on Asylum and Migration meeting on 19 February 2020 Delegations will find attached presentations made by FRONTEX, EASO, the Commission, Germany and Italy during the SCIFA/HLWG on Asylum and Migration meeting held on 19 February 2020. WK 1973/2020 INIT LIMITE                                                                                              EN

Strengthening migration management capacities in the Western Balkans SCIFA / High Level Working Group on Asylum and Migration (HLWG) Meeting Brussels, 19 February 2020

Migratory flows in the Western Balkans – recent developments  In 2019, 14,000 irregular crossings from WB in the EU, more than double the 2018 figure  2,000+ detections of illegal border crossings in January 2020, less than half of December 2019  Two active migratory routes in the WB  Recent caravans at the SRB-HUN and BIH- HRV border 2

Frontex engagement in the Western Balkans – cooperation framework  Fully-fledged joint operations under the EBCG Status Agreements  Coordination points  Frontex Liaison Officers to WB  IPA II Project on protection-sensitive migration management in the WB and Turkey  Western Balkans Risk Analysis Network (WB-RAN)  EMPACT – Joint Action Days (5 JADs in 2019) 3

Joint operations under the Status Agreements 4

Strengthening migration management in the Western Balkans Upcoming priorities  Continuation of SA operationalisation  Deployment of the second FLO to Tirana in 2020  Return  Support to the establishment of NCCs  Support to development of national biometric registration/data-sharing systems 5

Thank you SCIFA / High Level Working Group on Asylum and Migration (HLWG) Meeting Brussels, 19 February 2020

Third Country Support EASO - Western Balkans Cooperation SCIFA High Level Working Group 1 | SlideSalad | Date 2018               19 February 2020

EASO – Western Balkans Cooperation A partnership based on a long-term perspective IPA II Project – Phase I                           IPA II Project – Phase II “Regional support to protection-sensitive          “Regional support to protection-sensitive migration management in the WB and Turkey”         migration management in the WB and Turkey” (Jan. 2016 – Jun. 2019)”                           (Jul. 2019 – Jun. 2021 ) 2014                          2016                   2017                        2019              2020                         2022 Ad Hoc Cooperation                                    EASO Roadmaps with North Macedonia                  Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North First cooperation activities started in the           and Serbia implemented                              Macedonia and Serbia Roadmaps framework of the External Dimension of the            (Jan./ Apr. 2017 – June 2019) CEAS and the EASO External Strategy                                                                       Under development (2020 – 2022) Roadmap to support the establishment of asylum and reception systems in line with EU standards 2    | SlideSalad | Date 2018

National priorities cooperation under WB Roadmaps Support to the legal and Albania         institutional framework, Access to Procedure, unaccompanied minors, Q2 2020         Participation to TtT Reception, Persons with special       Bosnia and Herzegovina needs, Registration of asylum applications, Participation to TtT                     Q2 2020 Support to the legal and North Macedonia institutional framework, Age Assessment, On the job coaching on Q1 2020         Registration and Examination of Support to the legal and institutional                                   asylum application, Participation to framework, Access to the asylum                                      TtT procedure, Reception, Persons with                          Serbia special needs, Country of Origin Information, Contingency planning,                        Q1 2020 Participation to TtT, 3   | SlideSalad | Date 2018