Council Decision establishing a European Migration Network , Date: 2008.05.21, format: EU decision, area: Migration and residence

Cover: Amtsblatt der Europäischen Union L 131/7

With its decision the Council provided the European Migration Network (EMN) with a formal status and created a legal basis for the network's aims, tasks, structure and other elements like an open exchange system for information.

The Council once more underlined the considerable significance attaching to practical cooperation in the field of asylum and migration, and backed this up through co-financing of the necessary expenditure.