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In its conclusions on the future of return policy of 8 October 2015, the Council endorsed the initiative announced by the Commission to explore an extension of the scope and purpose of Eurodac to enable the use of data for return purposes. Member States should have the necessary tools at their disposal to be able […]
The fact that the application for international protection follows or is made simultaneously with the apprehension of the third-country national or stateless person in connection with the irregular crossing of the external borders does not exempt Member States from registering those persons as persons apprehended in connection with the irregular crossing of the external border.
In its conclusions on Statelessness of 4 December 2015, the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States recalled the Union’s pledge of September 2012 that all Member States were to accede to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons done at New York on 28 September 1954 and were […]
It should be possible for the designated authority and the verifying authority to be part of the same organisation, if permitted under national law, but the verifying authority should act independently when performing its tasks under this Regulation.
It is appropriate that national supervisory authorities established in accordance with monitor the lawfulness of the processing of personal data by the Member States, while the European Data Protection Supervisor, established by , monitors the activities of the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies in relation to the processing of personal data carried out in […]
For a well-functioning , substantial progress should be made regarding the convergence of national asylum systems. The current disparate asylum procedures in all Member States should be replaced with a common procedure for granting and withdrawing international protection applicable across all Member States pursuant to of the European Parliament and of the Council (6), ensuring […]
With a view to ensuring substantive equality between female and male applicants, examination procedures should be gender-sensitive. In particular, personal interviews should be organised in a way which makes it possible for both female and male applicants to speak freely about their past experiences, including in cases involving persecution based on gender, gender identity or […]
In all cases, age assessments should be carried out in a manner that gives primary consideration to the best interests of the child throughout the procedure. An age assessment should be carried out in two steps. A first step should comprise a multi-disciplinary assessment, which could include a psycho-social assessment and other non-medical methods, such […]
An application should not be rejected as inadmissible on the basis of the concepts of first country of asylum or safe third country where it is already clear at the stage of the admissibility examination that the third country concerned will not admit or readmit the applicant. Furthermore, if the applicant is eventually not admitted […]
While the border procedure for the examination of an application for international protection can be applied without recourse to detention, Member States should nevertheless be able to apply the grounds for detention during the border procedure in accordance with the provisions of the in order to decide on the right of the applicant to enter […]
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