New European Pact on Migration and Asylum and the humanitarian action under analysis at the Hearing with the ICRC President


 27 abril 2021
 New European Pact on Migration and Asylum and the humanitarian action under analysis at the Hearing with the ICRC President

The Deputy Minister for Home Affairs, Antero Luís, welcomed, on the 26 April, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer.

The hearing, held in the context of a visit to Portugal by the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, offered an opportunity to assess and deepen cooperation ties between Portugal and the Red Cross, with particular emphasis on areas such as the protection of human rights, support for vulnerable persons and humanitarian action.

In its current capacity as leader of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Portugal also took the opportunity to address, in a more detailed manner, the work that has been developed around the negotiation of the European Pact on Migration and Asylum, living up to the humanist nature of national policy on combating illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings, encouraging legal immigration as well as cooperation with countries of origin and transit.​