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The admission to a Member State territory, following referral from relevant bodies, of a third-country national or stateless person from a third country to which they have been forcibly displaced, granted international protection or humanitarian status under national law. [defined in Article 2 of the Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Regulation]
Building on existing initiatives, and in the context of the existing international architecture, a stable and reliable Union Framework should be established for the admission of third-country nationals or stateless persons who are in need of international protection to be implemented in accordance with a Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Plan (the ‘Union Plan’), which […]
In accordance with the of the European Parliament and of the Council (9), in order to comprehensively reflect the efforts of each Member State, the number of third-country nationals admitted by the Member States through Union and national resettlement or humanitarian admission schemes should be taken into account in the assessment of the overall situation […]
1. By 12 June 2028, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the application of this Regulation, including Article 9(2), point (b), and on the contributions made by Member States to the implementation of the Union Plan, in accordance with Article 8, and on the efforts of […]
The Union Framework should be placed in the context of international resettlement and humanitarian admission efforts. The contribution of the Union Framework to meeting global resettlement and humanitarian admission needs should help strengthen the Union’s partnership with third countries with the objective of showing solidarity with countries in regions to which a large number of […]
A High-Level Committee should be established to consult with stakeholders on the implementation of the Union Framework. The High-Level Committee should advise the Commission on issues related to the implementation of the Union Framework, including on a recommended number of persons to be admitted and the regions or third countries from which admission should be […]
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.
Resettlement and humanitarian admission efforts by Member States under this Regulation should be supported by appropriate funding from the Union’s general budget. In order to enable a proper and sustainable functioning of the Union Framework, should be amended.
The common admission procedure should build on the existing resettlement and humanitarian admission experience and standards of the Member States and, if applicable, of the .
Complementarity with ongoing resettlement and humanitarian admission initiatives undertaken in the Union framework should be ensured.
An admission procedure consists of the following stages: referral, where applicable, identification, registration, assessment and a conclusion on admission, as well as, in the case of resettlement, a decision on granting international protection or, in the case of humanitarian admission, a decision on granting international protection or humanitarian status under national law.
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