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In order to contribute to increasing resettlement and humanitarian admission efforts and reduce divergences among the national resettlement practices and procedures, a common procedure together with common eligibility criteria and grounds for refusal of admission should be laid down, as well as common principles regarding the status to be granted to persons admitted.
The European Union Agency for Asylum (the ‘Asylum Agency’) established by of the European Parliament and of the Council (7) should support Member States, on their request and in accordance with its mandate, in implementing the Union Plan, such as by assisting them in the implementation of certain elements of the admission procedure and by […]
Complementarity with ongoing resettlement and humanitarian admission initiatives undertaken in the Union framework should be ensured.
Where the illegally staying third-country national or stateless person does not return, or is not removed, within the maximum period of the return border procedure, the return procedure should continue as provided for in .
The Schengen area was created to achieve an area without internal borders in which the free movement of persons is ensured, as set out in Article 3(2) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). The good functioning of that area relies on mutual trust between the Member States and efficient management of the external border.
The screening could also be followed by relocation under the mechanism for solidarity established by or another existing solidarity mechanism.
Information contained in the screening form should be made available either on paper or in an electronic format to the person concerned, with the exception of the information related to the consultation of relevant databases for security checks. In the case of minors, the information contained in the screening form should be provided to the […]
As regards persons subject to the screening, automated verifications for security purposes should be carried out against the same systems as provided for applicants for a visa, a long-stay visa, a residence permit under or a travel authorisation under , namely , the , , including the ETIAS watchlist referred to in , , as […]
As regards Cyprus, this Regulation constitutes an act building upon, or otherwise related to, the Schengen acquis within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the 2003 Act of Accession.
In order to ensure that an effective monitoring system is in place to ensure the application of the Union asylum acquis, the results of the monitoring undertaken by the Asylum Agency and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and other relevant bodies, offices, agencies or organisations, relevant parts of the evaluation carried out in […]
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