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Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein are not bound by . In those States the reception conditions for applicants for international protection are regulated by relevant national legislation based on the application of the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as supplemented by the New York Protocol of 31 […]
The Commission should adopt a long-term European Asylum and Migration Management Strategy (the ‘Strategy’) setting out the strategic approach to ensure a consistent implementation of national strategies at Union level, in accordance with the principles set out in this Regulation and in Union primary law and applicable international law.
In order to ensure an adequate solidarity response, and where Member States contributions are insufficient in relation to the needs identified, the Council should be able to reconvene the High-Level Forum to allow the Member States to pledge additional solidarity contributions.
For reasons of efficiency and legal certainty, it is essential that this Regulation be based on the principle that responsibility is determined only once, unless one of the cessation grounds set out in this Regulation applies.
In order to limit the possibility that the behaviour of applicants could lead to the cessation or shift of responsibility to another Member State, the time limits leading to cessation or the shift of responsibility where the person concerned leaves the territory of the Member States during the examination of the application or absconds to […]
The application of this Regulation can be facilitated, and its effectiveness increased, by bilateral arrangements between Member States for improving communication between competent departments, reducing time limits for procedures or simplifying the processing of take charge requests or take back notifications, or by establishing procedures for the performance of transfers and in order to carry […]
In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 and Article 4a(1) of Protocol No 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice, annexed to the and to the , and without prejudice to Article 4 of that Protocol, Ireland is not taking part in […]
Member States should have sufficient human and financial resources and infrastructure to implement asylum and migration management policies effectively. Member States should ensure appropriate coordination between the relevant national authorities as well as with the national authorities of the other Member States to ensure that their asylum, reception, including child protection services, or return system […]
In order to provide for an appropriate response that is necessary and proportionate to address the situation, the Commission proposal should identify, where relevant, the specific derogations that Member States should be authorised to apply. In a situation of instrumentalisation, the persons subject to instrumentalisation to whom the relevant derogations could be applied should be […]
In situations of crisis, characterised by mass arrivals of third-country nationals and stateless persons, or of force majeure, it could be necessary to allow a Member State not to apply the border procedure in respect of persons who come from third countries where the Union-wide average recognition rate is below 20 %. In order to […]
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