The reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS)
This subject file seeks to inform Members, groups and other stakeholders about the state of play of the different but highly interconnected legislative files by providing direct links to the fact sheets in the Legislative Observatory and relevant background information.
In 2016, the Commission has presented two packages of legislative proposals to reform the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). The two packages were preceded by a Commission Communication in April 2016 setting out two options for the reform of the CEAS and possible legal avenues for migration.
The first package, published in May, included proposals for:
- a Recast of the Dublin Regulation
- a Recast of the Eurodac Regulation
- a new European Union Agency for Asylum
The second package, published in July, included proposals for:
- a Recast of the Directive laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection
- a Regulation establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union
- a Regulation on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection
- a Regulation establishing a Union Resettlement Framework
The first package, published in May, included proposals for:
- a Recast of the Dublin Regulation
- a Recast of the Eurodac Regulation
- a new European Union Agency for Asylum
The second package, published in July, included proposals for:
- a Recast of the Directive laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection
- a Regulation establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union
- a Regulation on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection
- a Regulation establishing a Union Resettlement Framework
The Asylum files
- Criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person. Recast - Procedure page
- Eurodac system for the comparison of fingerprints of applicants for international protection and for identifying illegally staying third-country nationals or stateless persons; requests for the comparison with Eurodac data. Recast - Procedure page
- European Union Agency for Asylum - Procedure page
- Common procedure for international protection in the Union - Procedure page
- Qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and content of the protection granted - Procedure page
- Reception of applicants for international protection. Recast - Procedure page
- Union resettlement framework - Procedure page
- International protection: EU common list of safe countries of origin - Procedure files
LIBE delegations
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LIBE mission to Greece hotspots and Athens, 22-25 May 2017
- LIBE mission to Italy, 18-21 April 2017 - Mission report (PDF - 824 KB)
- LIBE mission to Greece, 17-20 May 2016 - Mission report (PDF - 870 KB)
- LIBE mission to Calais, France, 13 July 2016 - Mission report (PDF - 707 KB)
European Commission documents
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European Commssion reports on relocation and resettlement
- First report on relocation and resettlement
- Second report on relocation and resettlement
- Third report on relocation and resettlement
- Fourth report on relocation and resettlement
- Fifth report on relocation and resettlement
- Sixth report on relocation and resettlement
- Seventh report on relocation and resettlement
- Eighth report on relocation and resettlement
- Ninth report on relocation and resettlement
- Tenth report on relocation and resettlement
- Eleventh report on relocation and resettlement
- Twelfth report on relocation and resettlement
- Thirteenth Report on Relocation and Resettlement
- Managing the refugees crisis: immediate operational, budgetary and legal measures under the European Agenda on Migration
The Council of the EU
- Council Decision (EU) 2016/1754 of 29 September 2016 amending Decision (EU) 2015/1601 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece
- Council Decision (EU) 2015/1523 of 14 September 2015 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and of Greece
- Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601 of 22 September 2015 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece
Other institutions and bodies
European Agency for Fundamental Rights
Committee of the Regions
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Further information
- Thematic Digest on the Common European Asylum System - third reform
- Fair and sustainable: reforming the EU's asylum system
- Reform of the EU asylum rules - creating a new Dublin system that works
- Press conference by Cecilia Wikström, Rapporteur for the Dublin regulation
- Extracts from the presentation by Rapporteur
- Extracts from the vote on Eurodac and statement by the Rapporteur
- Blue Card: attracting highly-skilled foreign workers to EU
- Extracts from the Plenary vote on Bluecard and statement by the Rapporteur
- Standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees - Rapporteur Tanja Fajon- Extracts from the vote
- UNHCR Italy update - March 2017
- UNHCR Greece data snapshot - 19 Feb 2017
- Factsheet on Managing the refugees crisis: EU Financial Support to Greece
- Wikström: asylum seekers should be fairly distributed in EU
- Union Resettlement Framework - Rapporteur Malin Björk - Extracts from the vote in committee and statement by Rapporteur
- Asylum: how EU agency EASO helps to process more than one million applications a year
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Common procedure for international protection in the Union - Rapporteur Laura Ferrara