 having regard to Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union,  having regard to the relevant reports of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, – having regard to the Commission communication of 18 November 2011 entitled ‘The Global Approach to Migration and Mobility’ (COM(2011)0743), – having regard to the Commission communication of 13 May 2015 entitled ‘A European Agenda on Migration’ (COM(2015)0240), – having regard to the Commission communication of 14 October 2015 entitled ‘Managing the refugee crisis: State of Play of the Implementation of the Priority Actions under the European Agenda on Migration’ (COM(2015)0510), – having regard to the Commission Decision of 20 October 2015 on the establishment of a European Union Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa1, – having regard to the Conclusions of the European Council meetings of 25 and 26 June 20152 and of 15 October 20153, – having regard to the Council Conclusions on the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2015-20194, adopted on 20 July 2015, – having regard to the Council Conclusions of 9 November 2015 on measures to handle the refugee and migration crisis5, – having regard to the political declaration and action plan adopted at the Valletta summit on 11 and 12 November 20156, – having regard to its previous resolutions on migration-related issues, in particular those of 17 December 2014 on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration7, of 29 April 2015 on the latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies8, and of 12 April 2016 on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need of a holistic EU approach to migration9, – having regard to its resolution of 9 September 2015 on empowering girls through education in the EU10, 1 https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/sites/devco/files/commission-decision-2015-729320151020_en.pdf http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-22-2015-INIT/en/pdf www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/european-council/2015/10/15-euco-conclusions http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-10897-2015-INIT/en/pdf http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-13880-2015-INIT/en/pdf http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/11/12-valletta-final-docs/ OJ C 294, 12.8.2016, p. 18. OJ C 346, 21.9.2016, p. 47. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0102. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0312. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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