Justice and Home affairs Council meeting held on 11 and 12 April, mainly focused on migration and border related issues concerning the situation in the Southern neighbourhood region -among many other topics- and adopted conclusions on the subject. In addition, ministers discussed the recent Commission communication on the EU Framework on National Roma Integration Strategies.

The Council also had a first exchange of views on the proposed PNR, i.e. the use of Passenger Name Record data (PNR) for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime. Furthermore, other discussion topics were to included the European Investigation Order in criminal matters, the EU agenda for the rights of the child and a regulation on the possibility of attributing legal value to the electronic edition of the Official Journal.

Nonetheless, the main topic at the meeting was migration and border-related issues concerning the situation in the Southern neighbourhood region. The Council also looked at the state-of-play regarding negotiations on the proposed new rules for the European external borders agency Frontex and regarding the development of the Visa Information System (VIS), the Schengen Information System II (SIS II) as well as the establishment of a European agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems.

On the other hand, justice ministers discussed the Commission communication on the EU Framework on National Roma Integration Strategies. The proposed regulation to simplify the rules on successions with an international dimension in the EU was in the agenda too. The Commission also presented its roadmap on victim protection as well as its most recent proposals concerning rules on property rights in international marriages or registered partnerships. Another Commission presentation concerned a report on the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The Council have taken note of both presentations for further considerations.