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Irregular migration to EU

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9 on 9 sitting days
Outcomes
9 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
21 Jan 2025 – 17 Sept 2026
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Crisis
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Active
Last 90 days
1 decision
Roll-call votes
9
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Consent 2 · New laws 4 · Resolutions 3
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Ongoing movement of people without legal permission towards Europe and efforts to manage it.

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Decisions, 9

The latest decisions on this issue, newest first. No CSV for issues yet: the registers cannot filter by issue.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
17 Sept 2026The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders ResolutionsAdopted339 for, 225 against, 16 abstained by roll call
17 Jun 2026Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) (No. 2, 17 Jun 2026) New lawsPassed418 for, 218 against, 30 abstained by roll call
16 Jun 2026Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countries ResolutionsAdopted344 for, 237 against, 66 abstained by roll call
26 Mar 2026Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) (No. 1, 26 Mar 2026) New lawsNegotiating mandate approved389 for, 206 against, 32 abstained by roll call
21 Jan 2026EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina ConsentConsent given565 for, 83 against, 14 abstained by roll call
17 Dec 2025Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept New lawsNegotiating mandate approved384 for, 237 against, 31 abstained by roll call
25 Nov 2025Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes New lawsPassed556 for, 74 against, 7 abstained by roll call
23 Oct 2025Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit ResolutionsAdopted367 for, 98 against, 113 abstained by roll call
21 Jan 2025EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia ConsentConsent given505 for, 90 against, 43 abstained by roll call

Dossiers, 8

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders 2026-2870Decisions117 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) 2025-0059Decisions217 Jun 2026 · Adopted
Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countries 2025-2111Decisions116 Jun 2026 · Adopted
EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024-0305Decisions121 Jan 2026 · Adopted
Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept 2025-0132Decisions117 Dec 2025 · Adopted
Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes 2023-0438Decisions125 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit 2025-2933Decisions123 Oct 2025 · Adopted
EU/Republic of Serbia agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Serbia 2024-0074Decisions121 Jan 2025 · Adopted

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this issue: its clear line or divided.

The last 9 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor0Against8Abst.1Divided0With outcome0of9
GreensFor2Against7Abst.0Divided0With outcome2of9
S&DFor5Against4Abst.0Divided0With outcome5of9
RenewFor5Against0Abst.0Divided4With outcome6of9
EPPFor8Against0Abst.0Divided1With outcome9of9
ECRFor7Against0Abst.1Divided1With outcome7of9
PatriotsFor7Against2Abst.0Divided0With outcome7of9
ESNFor6Against2Abst.1Divided0With outcome6of9

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/irregular-migration-to-eu
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25 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Irregular migration to EU”. Running issue, 17 September 2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/irregular-migration-to-eu (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-issue-irregular-migration-to-eu,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Irregular migration to EU}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/irregular-migration-to-eu}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/irregular-migration-to-eu},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Running issue. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}