Commissioners Avramopoulos and King in Rome for the G6 meeting of Interior Ministers

On 20 and 21 October, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, and Commissioner for the Security Union, Julian King, will participate in the G6 meeting in Rome with Interior Ministers from Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom as well as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security. Representatives from Europol, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), the European Border and Coast Guard, UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Interpol will also be present. Participants will discuss issues relating to migration, security and terrorism, and cybersecurity. In addition, Commissioner King will today participate in a joint hearing of the Committees of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the Senate on the steps taken by the European Commission to strengthen the EU’s security and its fight against terrorism. The joint hearing will be streamed live here. Commissioner King will also meet with Prefetto Franco Gabrielli, Head of the Italian Police.