Ministers adopt declaration on migration

Ministers in charge of migration from 50 countries of the EU, South-East Europe and central Asia adopted the “Prague Declaration on Migration” in the Czech capital on Tuesday. At a two day conference held as part of the Czech EU presidency, the officials agreed on the need to fight illegal migration, to support the integration of legal migrants and to promote voluntary returns and re-admissions. The Prague conference on migration-related issues has been one of the largest events of the Czech presidency of the EU.