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From the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, and up to mid-April 2020, EU Member States were facing an extraordinary situation that led to the declaration of a health emergency. EU governments gradually took urgent measures to contain the spread of the virus, such as re introduction of border controls in the Schengen area, implementation of temporary travel restrictions, and introduction of sanitary measures. These had vast impact on both mobility and migration. Multiple measures also ...

The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) is a European Union agency that provides tools to help the EU Member States prepare for an influx of asylum applicants and implement EU legislation on the ground. The Malta-based agency was established in 2010 as an impartial centre of expertise, with the objective of developing practical cooperation between the Member States, offering support in the event of particular asylum-related pressures and providing evidence for EU policy-making. In 2016, EASO played ...

During the first plenary session of October 2021 in Strasbourg, Parliament held a number of debates, in particular on the proposed EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority, which should ensure a coordinated EU approach for future health crises. Debate also took place on possible European solutions to the rise in energy prices for businesses and consumers and the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy, highlighting the need to tackle energy poverty. Members discussed the release ...

Après des années d’impasse, les négociateurs du Parlement et du Conseil sont parvenus, en juin 2021, à un accord provisoire sur une proposition de règlement modificatif relatif au Bureau européen d’appui en matière d’asile (EASO) de 2016. Cette agence de l’Union propose aux États membres une assistance opérationnelle et des outils pour les aider à se préparer à un afflux de demandeurs d’asile et à mettre en œuvre la législation de l’Union en la matière sur le terrain. L’EASO apporte aussi une assistance ...

Cette étude a été réalisée pour le département thématique des droits des citoyens et des affaires constitutionnelles, à la demande de la commission LIBE. Elle examine l’approche de l’Union sur les migrations en Méditerranée, en se penchant sur des évènements allant de la crise des réfugiés à la pandémie de COVID-19 et en évaluant les effets que ces évènements ont eu sur l’élaboration, la mise en oeuvre et la réforme des politiques de l’Union sur l’asile, la migration et le contrôle des frontières ...

The October II plenary session highlights included statements and debates on the outcome of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 October 2019, and a review of the Juncker Commission's term. Parliament also debated statements made on behalf of the Vice-President of the European Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP) on the Turkish military operation in north-east Syria and its consequences, and on the violent suppression of young people's and ...

During the October II plenary session, the European Parliament is expected to vote on the second reports of the Committee on Budgetary Control concerning the discharge in respect of the Council’s accounts for the year 2017, as well as the implementation of the budget of the European Asylum Support Office. In both cases, Parliament had decided on 26 March 2019 to postpone the discharge decision for the 2017 financial year.

This briefing looks at the risks of exploitation faced by people leaving their countries in search of safety or better lives and arriving in Europe by sea. It gives an overview of the processes related to early identification of victims of trafficking in first reception facilities (hotspots) and the related challenges.

Current structural weaknesses and shortcomings in the design and implementation of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) have a cost of EUR 50.5 billion per year, including costs due to irregular migration, lack of accountability in external action, inefficiencies in asylum procedures, poor living conditions and health, and dimmer employment prospects leading to lower generation of tax revenue. Seven policy options for the EU to tackle the identified gaps and barriers would bring about many benefits ...

Au cours de la plénière d’octobre II, le Parlement doit clore la procédure de décharge relative aux comptes du Conseil pour l’exercice 2016 en se prononçant sur le second rapport de la commission du contrôle budgétaire. Il votera également sur le second rapport concernant le Bureau européen d'appui en matière d'asile. Ces deux votes font suite à la décision du Parlement européen d’avril 2018 d’ajourner la décharge 2016 dans ces deux cas.