Talent Partnership Between EU and Pakistan Aims to Promote Legal Migrations

Highlights: 

• EU officials met Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
• Migration and mobility between the EU and Pak discussed 
• Work on the ‘Talent Partnership’ underway

The European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, and Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar met on 14th November in Islamabad for a  comprehensive dialogue on migration and mobility. 

MoS @HinaRKhar met EU Commissioner for Migration & Home Affairs @YlvaJohansson. Discussion focused on Pak-EU relations in general & migration in particular. They announced launching of Dialogue on Migration & Mobility, which would open avenues of legal migration from 🇵🇰 to 🇪🇺. pic.twitter.com/zNXQUmjMC1

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) November 14, 2022

Talent Partnership between EU and Pak

The EU official and Hina Rabbani agreed to improve preparations for the launch of a ‘Talent Partnership’ to facilitate Pakistani nationals in working and living in interested EU Member States. 

They discussed possibilities for safe and legal pathways of migration to Europe. 

Minimizing Illegal Migration 

Hina Rabbani welcomed the EU’s commitment to legal migration and stated that the ‘Talent Partnership’ will minimize the possibility of illegal migrations and open doors for legal migration for talented Pakistanis.