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European Council

Brussels, 23 September 2015

(OR. en)

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Subject:

Informal meeting of the Heads of State or Government

(Brussels, 23 September 2015)

Statement

Tonight we met to deal with the unprecedented migration and refugee crisis we are facing. We

decided on a number of immediate priorities and had an in-depth discussion on how to achieve

long-term sustainable solutions. We all recognised that there are no easy solutions and that we can

only manage this challenge by working together, in a spirit of solidarity and responsibility. In the

meantime we have all to uphold, apply and implement our existing rules, including the Dublin

regulation and the Schengen acquis.

We ask the EU institutions and our Governments to work speedily on the Priority Actions proposed

by the Commission. We want operational decisions on the most pressing issues before the October

European Council, along the following orientations:

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respond to the urgent needs of refugees in the region by helping the United Nations High

Commissioner for Refugees, the World Food Programme and other agencies with at least an

additional 1 billion euro;

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assist Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and other countries in dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis,

including through a substantial increase of the EU's Regional Trust Fund in response to the

Syrian Crisis ("Madad Fund");

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reinforce the dialogue with Turkey at all levels, including at the upcoming visit of the Turkish

President (5 October), in order to strengthen our cooperation on stemming and managing the

migratory flows;

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assist the Western Balkan countries in handling the refugee flows, including through pre-

accession instruments, as well as ensure a speedy and solid preparation of the Western Balkans

route conference (8 October);

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increase the funding of the Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing the root causes of

irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa through additional contributions by Member

States, and ensure an optimal preparation of the Valletta Summit (11-12 November) to achieve

maximum progress;

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tackle the dramatic situation at our external borders and strengthen controls at those borders,

including through additional resources for Frontex, EASO and Europol, and with personnel and

equipment from Member States;



meet requests from front-line Member States for assistance by the institutions, the agencies and

other Member States in order to ensure identification, registration and fingerprinting of migrants

(hotspots) and at the same time ensure relocation and returns, at the latest by November 2015;



enhance the funding of the Emergency Fund for Asylum, Integration and Migration and the

Internal Security Fund-Borders.

As regards Syria, we call for a renewed UN-led international effort to bring an end to the war that

has caused so much suffering and forced an estimated 12 million people to leave their homes; the

EU commits to doing its part in this respect, as well as for the formation of a government of

national unity in Libya.

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The orientations agreed today must be complemented by the transposition and implementation by

Member States of the rules of the Common Asylum System. In this context it is important to create

the conditions for all Member States to participate fully in the Dublin system.

We urge institutions, agencies and Member States to accelerate their work on all aspects of the

migration crisis. The Commission will present proposals on the mobilisation of the EU budget to

support these orientations. Member States will match them with their contributions.

We will revert to the challenge of migration at the October European Council.

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