Press conference on the new pact on Migration and Asylum on the draft report on addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum.

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LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Juan Fernando (S&D, ES)

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Press conference by Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES) on the draft report on Crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum

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SOUNDBITE (English), Juan Fernando L&#211;PEZ AGUILAR (S&amp;D, ES), Opening remarks explaining how the draft report on Crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum is part of a new asylum and migration pack that aims to mend and enhance a European common asylum system. Solidarity, a new relocation mechanism and more regional/local understanding of &ldquo;crisis&rdquo; are keys.

SOUNDBITE (English), Juan Fernando L&#211;PEZ AGUILAR (S&amp;D, ES), Opening remarks explaining how the new response mechanism will work as a top-down process from the Commission and its agencies, down to member states. Furthermore, it is analyzed how the new relocation mechanism will work, as it will be based on the country&rsquo;s GDP, size of population and employment rate.

SOUNDBITE (English), Juan Fernando L&#211;PEZ AGUILAR (S&amp;D, ES), Opening remarks stressing the importance of the draft report on Crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum and how it is now necessary to enhance the capacity of the European Union to provide solidarity, by updating the common asylum system, relaunching it and making it credible.

Q&amp;A Q&amp;A discussing the support that the package is getting from other political group inside the EP, furthermore the importance of relocations instead of returns is discussed.

Q&amp;A Q&amp;A explaining what is new in todays&rsquo; draft report on Crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum, in particular: the new &ldquo;migration package&rdquo; will be a biding law in the form of a regulation for Member States; a refined definition of &ldquo;crisis&rdquo;; a new international protection system to avoid limbo situation.