Towards a reform of the Common European Asylum System
At a Glance
02-05-2016
Europe is confronted with the worst refugee and migration crisis since World War II. Pushed by violence and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa, and pulled by prospects of refuge and a better life in Europe, more than 1.3 million asylum-seekers and economic migrants arrived irregularly in the EU in 2015. The unprecedented migratory pressure on Europe has exposed the need for reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), as well as for greater solidarity and fairer sharing of responsibility between Member States.
At a Glance
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- amendment of a law
- area of freedom, security and justice
- biometrics
- directive (EU)
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EU migration policy
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union Agency for Asylum
- European Union law
- illegal migration
- international law
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- international security
- LAW
- migration
- natural and applied sciences
- parliamentary proceedings
- POLITICS
- refugee
- regulation (EU)
- right of asylum
- SCIENCE
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS