Fast, integrated procedures will ensure clearer responsibilities, helping restore trust between Member States.
Benefits of good migration management and asylum procedures
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Certainty and protection for migrants and refugees |
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Efficient operation of the system |
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Credible application of rules |
New integrated procedure at the border
New screening
Irregular arrival - Apprehension within territory
- Identification
- Health and security check
- Individual assessment
- Human right monitoring
Location is flexible (can also take place in other locations)
Negative decision likely (Security risk) |
Positive decision likely |
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Border asylum procedure | Normal asylum procedure |
Unsuccessful claim for international protection | Successful claim for international protection |
Return | Integration |
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New screening for anyone arriving irregularly to direct them into the right procedure -
Seamless system for arrival to either return or integration -
Legal guarantees and a monitoring system to ensure full respect of rights from beginning to end of the process
Investment in good asylum procedures and in effective returns
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Asylum law reforms proposed in 2016 to be adopted: stronger rights, more efficiency |
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New EU Agency for Asylum for monitoring and guidance |
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Improved IT system (Eurodac) to support screening, asylum and return processes |
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Set of new tools on returns:
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Adjusted rules on responsibility for asylum claims
- Rules on which Member State is responsible for every asylum seeker adjusted:
- People with a diploma from a Member State to remain there
- Siblings to be reunited in the same Member State
- Closing loopholes encouraging people to attempt to abscond during the procedure
- Recognised refugees to benefit from free movement after 3 years (now 5)
Confidence in EU rules: monitoring of and support to national authorities
- European monitoring of national systems to ensure consistency on the ground: Commission, peer reviews by other Member States, Frontex vulnerability assessments, new EU Agency for Asylum monitoring
- Special monitoring of effective access to asylum and respect for fundamental rights by Member States and the Fundamental Rights Agency
- Fully-fledged EU Agency for Asylum offering stronger support, more support from Frontex