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On 9 and 10 October, FRA will participate in the European Border and Coast Guard Agency’s international conference on biometrics for borders. FRA outlined fundamental rights safeguards in the Entry-Exit system during a training course on 2 and 3 February. FRA’s Director will deliver a keynote speech during European Asylum Support Office’s Consultative Forum. brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic have become a firm reality. Based on its findings and research FRA provides practical guidance to support the implementation of fundamental rights in the EU Member States. The agency provides assistance to national authorities in dealing with asylum seekers, as well as playing a central role in organizing the coordination of the hotspots. FRA currently co-chairs the forum together with UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The report looks at the main challenges of border management and puts forward proposals for actions to improve the current situation. However, asylum flows are not constant, nor are they evenly distributed across the EU. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights has been regularly collecting data on asylum and migration since September 2015. It draws from the findings from FRA's EU-MIDIS II survey. The links on this page provide a summary of the information collected during this period for each country about unaccompanied children turning 18 and the change in people’s legal status once international protection is granted. The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) will boost its operational deployments this year, with up to 550 personnel deployed in Greece, 150 in Italy, 120 in Cyprus and 60 in Malta, the agency said in a press release Tuesday. This practical guidance addresses border-management staff in European Union (EU) Member States who work at the operational level. mechanisms, and to gain knowledge on how this can
The number of asylum applications declined to 8,730 during April, an 86 percent drop from 61,421 in February, data from the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) show. Member States’ authorities and EU agencies attended the 28 January event. The protection of those girls
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While the Member States will remain the ones deciding on how many people will be resettled each year, by coordinating national efforts and acting as a whole, the EU will have a greater impact and will be able to contribute collectively and with one single voice to global resettlement efforts. Although politically unfeasible now, the option of an “EU Asylum Authority” with exclusive competence to decide on individual applications for international protection made in the EU, is inevitably part of the discussion on the long term architecture of By replacing the Qualification Directive with a regulation, protection standards will be harmonised across the EU, by creating greater convergence of recognition rates and forms of protection. In December 2020, FRA was an observer to the Schengen return and readmission evaluations of Cyprus. This could support Member States om their the implementation of EU law safeguards as they prepare their multiannual programmes under the new migration and security funds. borders and immigration is developing fast. The adoption of this regulation will set-up a fully-fledged EU Asylum Agency and further reinforce the Agency’s operational capacity, equipping it with the necessary staff, tools and financial means to support Member states throughout the asylum procedure. Black people in the EU face unacceptable difficulties in getting a decent job because of their skin colour. The European Asylum Support Office provides Members States with support in fulfilling their obligations under the Common European Asylum System. In the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum, Frontex assumes a more powerful role – above all, in the new so-called “screening” procedure for people at the border. Asylum seekers with well-founded claims will be granted the right to work no later than six months after their application is registered. standards, FRA has developed a number of practical
The report is based on 426 interviews with experts working in the area of asylum and integration, as well as 163 interviews with young people, aged 16 to 24, conducted between October 2017 and June 2018 in 15 regions and cities located in six Member States: Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy and Sweden. FRA took part in an expert meeting on children in migration. governments gradually lift some of the measures put in place to contain the
These two issues had at the time been identified as moments requiring sufficient, consistent and systematic support, particularly from lawyers, social workers and guardians, to ensure successful integration. The EASO Asylum Report 2020: Executive Summary is a digital publication which is available in 29 languages, including all EU languages as well as Arabic,Turkish and Western Balkan languages. The workshops will present how journalists’ knowledge of fundamental rights affects migration reporting. Countries of Origin of Applicants. FRA published a brief note on the migration law implications of the new EU-UK arrangements. In some cases, rescue vessels were blocked in harbours due to flag issues or the inability to meet maritime safety-related and other technical requirements. Michael O'Flaherty focuses on the challenges and projects coming up in 2019. FRA’s Director will exchange views with the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in Brussels on 6 November. On International Migrants Day on 18 December, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights calls on the EU and its Member States, when addressing the societal impact, to leave no one behind by also supporting migrants. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights has been regularly collecting data on asylum and
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is calling on the European Union (EU) to make 2020 “the year of change for robust refugee protection”. The European Union is an area of protection for people fleeing persecution or serious harm in their country of origin. An EU Resettlement Framework would establish a permanent framework with a unified procedure for resettlement across the EU. The decision by Frontex comes after Hungary disregarded a ruling by the E.U.’s top court that the way the country handles asylum seekers violated the bloc’s law. Jamil Addou, a French asylum lawyer, took over the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) from its previous executive director, José Carreira. The number of asylum applications declined to 8,730 during April, an 86 percent drop from 61,421 in February, data from the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) show. After the completion of the first phase, a period of reflection was necessary to determine the direction in which the CEAS should develop. ; For Temporary and Contract Agents, please find the Staff Regulation and CEOS here. The third edition of this handbook, updated up to July 2020, presents this
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) will boost its operational deployments this year, with up to 550 personnel deployed in Greece, 150 in Italy, 120 in Cyprus and 60 in Malta, the agency said in a press release Tuesday. An EU official with knowledge of the asylum agency said one element of the investigation relates to the procedure that it followed in setting up one or more of five “hotspots” in Greece, with allegations that contractors were employed without a proper tendering process. Still, both dimensions of EU asylum policymaking have clear distributive implications. The new regulation will introduce stricter rules sanctioning unauthorised movements and strengthening integration incentives for beneficiaries of international protection. The Reception Conditions Directive will ensure asylum seekers receive decent conditions throughout the EU, reduce incentives for abuse and increase the possibility for asylum seekers to be self-reliant. This policy must be consistent with the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951 and the Protocol thereto of 31 January 1967.