SOLIDAR Roundtable debate on 'Migration and Fundamental Rights: Will the EU live up to its values?'

On 10th November 2015, SOLIDAR organised a roundtable debate at the European Economic and Social Committee titled “Migration and Fundamental Rights: Will the EU live up to its values?”.

In 2015 the number of tragedies involving people trying to reach the EU in search of protection and a better life tremendously increased due to the worsening conditions in their countries of origin. The EU responded to the emergency by developing a new European Agenda on Migration which increased the focus on security and border control whilst still lacking effective instruments to ensure a joint and comprehensive solution to the ongoing humanitarian crisis.