Recitals – Page 41 – EU Migration Pact information

Qualification Regulation:
Recital 8

The further approximation of rules on the recognition and content of refugee status and subsidiary protection status should moreover help to limit the secondary movement of applicants for international protection and beneficiaries of international protection between Member States.

Qualification Regulation:
Recital 24

When examining whether applicants have a well-founded fear of being persecuted or face a real risk of suffering serious harm and whether stable, established non-state authorities, including international organisations, control a State or a substantial part of its territory and provide protection, and when assessing whether applicants have access to protection against persecution or serious […]

Qualification Regulation:
Recital 40

It is equally necessary to introduce a common concept of the persecution ground ‘membership of a particular social group’. For the purpose of defining a particular social group, issues arising from an applicant’s sexual orientation or gender, including gender identity and gender expression, which could be related to certain legal traditions and customs, resulting in, […]

Qualification Regulation:
Recital 56

The residence permits issued to beneficiaries of international protection for the first time or renewed following the entry into force of this Regulation should comply with Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 (13). 13. Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 of 13 June 2002 laying down a uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals (OJ L […]

Qualification Regulation:
Recital 72

Beneficiaries of international protection should enjoy equal treatment with nationals of the Member State that granted them international protection as regards social security.

Reception Directive:
Recital 10

With respect to the treatment of persons falling within the scope of this Directive, Member States are bound by obligations under instruments of international law to which they are party.

Reception Directive:
Recital 26

The detention of applicants should be applied in accordance with the underlying principle that persons should not be held in detention for the sole reason that they are seeking international protection, particularly in accordance with the international legal obligations of the Member States and in particular with Article 31 of the Geneva Convention. It should […]

Reception Directive:
Recital 42

Representatives play a crucial role in guaranteeing access to the rights under this Directive and in safeguarding the best interests of all unaccompanied children. The early appointment of representatives is essential for tackling situations of migrant children going missing in the Union. Member States should ensure that representatives are appointed as early as possible, in […]

Reception Directive:
Recital 58

Language skills are important to ensure that applicants have an adequate standard of living. Those skills also constitute a deterrent against secondary movements. Member States should therefore ensure or facilitate access to language courses to the extent they consider such courses appropriate in order to help enhance an applicant’s ability to act autonomously and interact […]

Reception Directive:
Recital 74

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 22 on the position of Denmark, annexed to the and to the , Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Directive and is not bound by it or subject to its application.