Turn disorderly migration into orderly migration

Currently there are very few legal possibilities for migrants who are not refugees or asylum seekers to settle in the EU. This means that many migrants arriving in the EU today apply for asylum, viewing it as their only alternative. This includes people without a sufficiently well-based real claim to qualify for the strict criteria of refugee status or individual right to asylum. This results in an overburdened system with excessively long asylum procedures. 

Due to a lack of legal migration pathways, people resort to human smugglers and traffickers. Desperate individuals pay thousands of euros each to people who try to benefit from human misery and human tragedy in order to reach the EU. Human smugglers send migrants across the Mediterranean in boats which are not seaworthy and without food or protection, exposing them to life-threatening risks and violence. Irregular migration must be prevented. It is often deadly for the people involved and it is not fair on the communities receiving them either. Therefore the PES is making a stand to turn disorderly migration into orderly migration.