European Policy Center (EPC) policy brief: ‘The “Global Approach to Migration”: rhetoric or reality?’ What has come to be known as the ‘Global Approach to Migration’ heralds a new way of resolving migration dilemmas in Europe, focusing on partnership and dialogue with non-EU countries. This Policy Brief by EPC Policy Analyst Elizabeth Collett argues that the Union currently has neither the competence nor the political will to fulfill its mandate to create genuine partnerships with third countries to manage migration - and needs to act now to turn its rhetoric into reality.