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EU Home Affairs policies can be grouped under two fields: migration and asylum, and internal security. The first includes issues related to legal and irregular migration, integration, readmission and return. The second encompasses the fight against organised crime and terrorism, police cooperation and the management of the EU's external border. The EU also actively cooperates with non-EU countries to work together on migration- and security-related challenges.
Immigration
A common migration policy will help Europe take advantage of the opportunities and tackle the challenges of increased cross-border mobility.
+Asylum
A common asylum system will harmonise European standards to better protect refugees, while preventing abuses of national asylum systems.
+Schengen, Borders & Visas
The EU's common external border calls for EU States' cooperation on border control and visa policy to ensure freedom and security within Europe.
+Internal security
A common strategy for tackling today's cross-border security challenges will help build an open and safe Europe.
+Organised crime & Human trafficking
We help EU States in taking consistent action to effectively prevent and counter the many facets of modern organised crime.
+Crisis & Terrorism
Our counter-terrorism strategy consists of preventing radicalisation, protecting citizens, pursuing terrorist and responding to attacks.
+Police cooperation
We help national law enforcement authorities in cooperating more effectively to better protect citizens against cross-border organised crime and terrorism.
+International affairs
Our cooperation with non-EU countries focuses on the management of migration flows and the tackling of common security challenges.
+Glossary
Trafficking in human beings
The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or reception of persons, including the exchange or transfer ...
Terrorism
In the absence of a generally accepted definition under international law, “terrorism” can be defined as ...
Return
In a general sense, the act or process of going back to the point of departure. This could be within the territorial ...
Refugee
A person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political ...
Readmission
Act by a State accepting the re-entry of an individual (own national, third-country national or stateless person).
Radicalisation
Individuals or groups becoming intolerant with regard to basic democratic values like equality and diversity, ...
Organised crime
Activities of large-scale criminal and terrorist networks, including terrorism, international drugs trafficking, trafficking ...
Migration flow
The number of migrants crossing a boundary, within a specific time period, for the purpose of establishing ...
Migration
The movement of a person or a group of persons, either across an international border (international migration),...
Migrant
A broader-term of an immigrant and emigrant, referring to a person who leaves one country or region to settle in ...
Management
Comprises three main tasks: - supervision and responsibility for increasing the performance of others...
Irregular migration
The movement of a person to a new place of residence or transit using irregular or illegal means, without valid ...
Integration
A dynamic, two-way process of mutual accommodation by migrants and by the societies that receive them.
Immigration
The action by which a person establishes his or her usual residence in the territory of an EU State for a period ...
External EU border
An EU States’ land borders, including river and lake borders, sea borders and their airports, river ports, sea ports ...
Border control
The activity carried out at a border, in accordance with and for the purposes of Regulation 562/2006, exclusively in ...
Border
A line separating land territory or maritime zones of two States or subparts of States. It can also refer to a region ...
Asylum
A form of protection given by a State, on its territory, based on the principle of non-refoulement and internationally ...
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