In the area of migration, information and best practices were exchanged between Israeli, EU and Member States’ experts at a seminar on legal and illegal immigration and asylum in June 2008 under the auspices of TAIEX and in several occasions in the second half of the year 2008 within the framework of the Euromed Migration II project. Israel, in coordination with Egypt, continues to instantly and forcibly send back asylum seekers/migrants from countries such as Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia. An Israeli NGO in partnership with UNHCR and IOM received EC support for a project to enhance the Israeli authorities' capacity to combat labour trafficking, register asylum seekers, assist vulnerable migrants, and potential victims of trafficking. The project also includes a pilot voluntary return option for victims of trafficking.
