16 Ottobre 2026

In the margins of the European Council meeting today, the President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, together with the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, and the Dutch Prime Minister, Rob Jetten, held another informal meeting with some of the Member States that have the most interest in innovative solutions for the management of migration. 

In addition to Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands and the European Commission, the meeting was also attended by Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.

The meeting provided an opportunity to review the progress that has been made over recent months as well as upcoming initiatives, with a particular focus on the prevention of mass irregular arrivals, the issue of the instrumentalisation of migrants and the implementation of the new European regulatory framework.

With reference to the recent events in Ceuta, President Meloni stressed the need to maintain a high level of vigilance at the Union’s external borders, focusing on preventing irregular immigration and the related security risks. She also raised the issue of a targeted revision of EU legislation to improve the effectiveness of the new procedures regarding the detention of irregular migrants during border processing.