On 18 March 2016, the EU member states and Turkey concluded an agreement on the return of persons having arrived in Greece irregularly - in the hope of reducing the number of irregular migrants coming into the EU. After months of member states being unable to find a common response to the rising...

Germany and Morocco are currently joint chair of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD). This year's meeting will take place in June 2017 in Berlin. The Forum is more important than ever: refugee and migrant numbers are on the increase; the lines between forced and voluntary...