Publication date: 30 September 2017
This report points to the need for reform in the European asylum system. There is a need for a more balanced distribution of asylum seekers between the Member States and more uniform decision-making on asylum within the EU. The authors argue that a person seeking asylum should have the same chance of being granted asylum irrespective of the country in which the application is made.
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Publication date: 01 August 2016
The EASO Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of international protection in the EU over the year, reports on developments in asylum at European level, and assesses the functioning of the Common European Asylum System.
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Publication date: 03 February 2016
This MPI Europe report by Michael Kegels, details the central importance of well-functioning reception systems for asylum seekers in the EU.
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Main theme: Reception
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: capacity, CEAS, flexibility, quality standards
Publication date: 23 May 2014
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) published the Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union.
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: CEAS, EASO annual report
Publication date: 04 February 2013
Negotiations between the Council and the EP on the recast of the Dublin II regulation have been finalised and the regulation is formally adopted. Background information, state of play and case-law regarding this regulation can be found here.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: CEAS, Dublin Regulation, EU directive
Publication date: 04 February 2013
More background information and state of play can be found here.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: CEAS, EU directive, Eurodac Regulation
Publication date: 04 February 2013
After difficult negotiations between the Council and the EP the recast of this directive have been adopted. Background information, state of play and case law regarding this directive can be found here.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: asylum procedure, asylum procedure directive, CEAS, EU directive
Publication date: 31 January 2013
The recast-directive is approved and published in December 2011. The transposition deadline is 21 December 2013. Background information, state of play and case-law regarding this directive can be found here.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: CEAS, EU directive, qualification directive
Publication date: 29 January 2013
The final approval of the recast of the reception conditions directive was accomplished in June 2013. Background information, state of play and case law regarding this directive can be found here.
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Main theme: Reception
Keywords: CEAS, EU directive, reception directive
Publication date: 03 January 2013
This EMN Inform presents the main developments that took place in 2011 with regard to international protection comprising statistics, the Common European Asylum System, intra-EU Solidarity , external dimension and unaccompanied minors.
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Main theme: Asylum, Vulnerable groups, External Dimension
Publication Type: EMN inform
Keywords: CEAS, resettlement, solidarity, unaccompanied minors
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The conference 'From Tampere 20 to Tampere 2.0: Towards a new programme (2020-2024) for EU migration and asylum policies 20 years after the Tampere conclusions?' was held in Helsinki on the 24th and the 25th of October.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional, Integration, External Dimension, International Protection, Economic migration, Irregular Migration
Keywords: Dublin Regulation, CEAS, EMN Annual Conference
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On the 24th and 25th of May, the Maltese National Contact Point of the EMN organizes - in the framework of the Maltese Presidency of the European Council - the annual EMN conference. The conference will be dedicated to the following topic: the reform of the Common European Asylum System.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: EMN Annual Conference, Malta, CEAS
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Studipolis, in co-operation with the Free University of Brussels, organises a morning lecture, treating the implementation in Belgian Law of the second phase of the CEAS.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: asylum acquis, CEAS
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At the Metropolis Conference in Tampere, September 13th, Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, looked back to achievements accomplished and challenges still to be faced by the EU in relation to the Common European Asylum System.
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Main theme: Cross-sectional
Keywords: legal migration, CEAS, asylum acquis
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Today, Wednesday 12 June, the European Parliament voted the final adoption of the asylum package. The new rules lay down common procedures for handling asylum applications and basic rights for asylum seekers.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: asylum procedure directive, CEAS, Dublin Regulation, Eurodac Regulation, reception directive
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This timely International Symposium will explore the ongoing challenges that Europe is facing to increase the practical cooperation between member states, especially in relation to the collection of measurable data on asylum seekers.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: CEAS
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At the occasion of the IE EMN NCP conference in Dublin, a wide audience, including national policy makers and experts as well as representatives from the Commission and other NCPs, discussed protection challenges.
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Main theme: Reception, International Protection, Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: CEAS, EASO, protection
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The Justice and Home Affairs Council, including the Belgian Ministers Joëlle Milquet and Annemie Turtelboom, and State Secretary Maggie De Block, met on 6 and 7 December 2012. The ministers also discussed issues concerning Immigration and Asylum.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: CEAS, Stockholm Programme, asylum procedure directive, Dublin Regulation, Eurodac Regulation
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On 29th November in Paris, the French NCP organised a conference on the CEAS. The next day there was a EMN-Cluster Meeting on reception conditions for asylum seekers in the EU: "existing mechanisms and good practices”
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Main theme: Reception, International Protection
Keywords: CEAS
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The Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) achieved a Political Agreement on the Reception Conditions Directive, discussed recent developments in Syria and council conclusions were endorsed concerning the new EU strategy to combat human trafficking.
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Main theme: Reception, International Protection, Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: CEAS, Syria
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On 30 June 2012 the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union, taking over the Danish Presidency, presented its 6 months programme. Asylum, Migration and Borders is one of the priorities of the Cyprus Presidency's Operational Programme.