The ideas were floated by the Danish EU presidency in a paper dated 7 November and discussed internally at the Council, representing member states. EU announces ‘firm’ new migration strategyThe leak comes on the back of a new five-year migration strategy announced Thursday by the European Commission, which also includes tougher language on visas. Among its top priorities is to prevent what it describes as “illegal migration”, while stepping up migration diplomacy. Henna Virkkunen, the vice-president of the commission, said the strategy seeks to prevent “illegal migration”, protect those in need and attract new talent Europe. “The commission’s new migration strategy turns visas, trade, and development aid into blackmailing tools to pressure third countries to cooperate on deportations,” she said, in an emailed statement.