Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on asylum and migration management and amending Council Directive 2...

C 155/58 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2021 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on asylum and migration management and amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC and the proposed Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Fund] (COM(2020) 610 final – 2020/0279 (COD)) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum (COM(2020) 613 final – 2020/0277 (COD)) (2021/C 155/09) Rapporteur: Dimitris DIMITRIADIS Referral European Parliament, 11.11.2020 European Commission, 27.11.2020 Legal basis Article 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Section responsible Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship Adopted in section 8.2.2021 Adopted at plenary 25.2.2021 Plenary session No 558 Outcome of vote 235/5/25 (for/against/abstentions) 1. Conclusions and recommendations 1.1. Ensuring balance in dealing with asylum applications, so that those in need of international protection receive it or those not in need of protection are effectively returned, should not have to be the responsibility of individual Member States alone, but should be managed by the EU as a whole. 1.2. The EESC recognises that migration is a human, structural phenomenon, that asylum and international protection are fundamental rights for persecuted people...