HR/VP Federica Mogherini meets with Vatican Undersecretary for Migration Fabio Baggio
The EU High Representative and Vice-President of the Commission, Federica Mogherini,met today with Mgr Alain Lebeaupin, the Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union, and FrFabio Baggio, Undersecretary for Migration at the Vatican's Dicastery for PromotingIntegral Human Development. The meeting focused on the many points of convergence and the many synergies in thework for migrants and refugees - including the common support and commitment to theUN Global Compacts, seen as strategic to address global challenges in a multilateralframework. The partnership with countries of origin, transit and destination, the work to tackle theroot causes of migration and refugee flows - from the fight against poverty to thepolitical solution to ongoing conflicts - and the possibility of cooperation at local level onthese files were also discussed with a view to identifying further areas for cooperation.