Today, Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner will travel to Istanbul for an EU-Türkiye High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Security, which will take place tomorrow. The High-Level Dialogue is hosted by Türkiye, which will be represented by Ali Yerlikaya, the Turkish Minister of Interior. The dialogue will address a number of topics, such as migration management, legal migration and visa policy, efforts to combat illegal migration, including border management, fight against migrant smuggling, return and readmission, bilateral cooperation and cooperation with EU Agencies, the situation in Syria and security, including countering terrorism, drug trafficking and organised crime.

This year's High-Level Dialogue follows the previous EU-Türkiye High-level dialogue on Migration and Security held in Brussels in November 2023. Türkiye is a key partner for the EU in managing migration along the Eastern Mediterranean route. The EU continues to engage with Türkiye to promote the full and effective implementation of the EU-Türkiye Statement and the EU-Türkiye readmission agreement.

Press Contact:
Miray Akdağ
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Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye
Tel: +90 312 459 8700
Email: miray.akdag@eeas.europa.eu