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Newsroom - May 2012 |
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30.05.2012 Improving EURODAC Today the Commission proposed to improve the overall efficiency of EURODAC, the system collecting fingerprints of asylum seekers which is an essential part of the EU's Common European Asylum System. EURODAC helps the quick and correct identification of the EU country responsible for assessing an asylum claim. For more information:
16.05.2012 First 'health check' for Schengen Today the Commission adopted its first Schengen 'health check', a biannual overview on the functioning of the area. The report covers the period from November 2011 to April 2012 and assesses the situation at the Schengen internal and external borders where more than 1.25 billion journeys take place every year. For more information:
10.05.2012 Rights of long-term EU residents - two important judgements by the Court of Justice Recently, the Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered two significant judgments concerning non-EU nationals who are long term residents in the EU. Firstly, in a case concerning housing benefits of an Albanian national living in Italy, the Court has stated that EU law precludes a national or regional law which provides for different treatment for non-EU nationals and nationals of the EU State in which they reside, in so far as the housing benefit falls within the fields covered by the principle of equal treatment provided for under the Directive concerning long-term residents and constitutes a core benefit. Secondly, in a case examining resident permit fees in the Netherlands, the Court holds that an EU State cannot impose excessive and disproportionate charges for the grant of residence permits to non-EU nationals who are long-term residents and to members of their families. For more information: |
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