This report aims to contribute towards the currently evolving process of EU migration policy by offering an initial analysis on how five countries from the Mediterranean area (three from the North – Spain, France and Italy – and two from the South – Morocco and Egypt) are shaping the external dimension of their migration policies (the so-called "externalisation" of migration policies) and influencing relevant decisions, and thus policies, at the EMP level. This study will seek to identify how the externalisation of national migration policies can be articulated within the present framework of multilateral relations between Europe and southern Mediterranean countries in the field of migration.
