leila bodeux, senior policy and advocacy officer at caritas europa. a warm welcome to you all. i will to begin in sarajevo. the iom is the frontline agency when it comes to migration globally. the 27 member states are trying to come up with the strategy, but that will be difficult to make everybody happy. are you of the opinion that an agreement can be reached? >> we are hopeful and we certainly welcome the progress and the commitment to regional cooperation and responsibility sharing. and we know that the only way countries are going to derive the benefits of migration and mitigate the risks of irregular migration is with a regional path for cooperation. we remain hopeful. imran: do you remain hopeful that we can get to an agreement? >> i would like to be optimistic. the problem of migration is very controversial, very politically sensitive if most if not all european countries. to find the right balance between that has proven rather difficult. there was a decision to be made on the package of measures meant to revise regulation on how to deal with asylum seekers in europe. s