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The admission to a Member State territory, following a referral from the UNHCR, of a third-country national or stateless person from a third country to which they have been displaced, who is granted international protection. [defined in Article 2 of the Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Regulation]
A Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework (the ‘Union Framework’) should be established to complement other legal pathways. The Union Framework should offer the most vulnerable third-country nationals or stateless persons in need of international protection access to a durable solution in accordance with Union and national law.
To that end, the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund established by of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) should provide targeted assistance in the form of financial incentives for each person admitted in accordance with the Union Framework, as well as for actions to establish appropriate infrastructure and services for the implementation of […]
1. In the case of resettlement, for the purpose of implementing the Union Plan, Member States shall request the to refer third-country nationals or stateless persons to them. In the case of humanitarian admission, for the purpose of implementing the Union Plan, Member States may request that the Asylum Agency, the , or another relevant […]
On 19 September 2016, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly urged States to scale up resettlement efforts and envisaged a comprehensive refugee response framework in which States aim to provide resettlement places and other legal pathways on a scale that would enable the annual resettlement needs identified by the Office of the United Nations High […]
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 […]
1. To facilitate the implementation of the Union Plan, Member States shall appoint national contact points and may decide to appoint liaison officers in third countries. 2. The Asylum Agency may support Member States upon their request in accordance with Article 9(1) of this Regulation, or where provided for in a Union Plan in accordance […]
In its communication of 13 May 2015 on a European Agenda on Migration, the Commission set out the need for a common approach to granting protection to displaced persons in need of protection through resettlement.
In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the Union Framework, implementing powers should be conferred on the Council for establishing and amending the two-year Union Plan, fixing the total number of persons to be admitted and indicating what part of that number should be dedicated to resettlement, humanitarian admission and emergency admission, […]
1. A High-Level Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Committee (High-Level Committee) shall be established. It shall be composed of representatives of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Member States. The Asylum Agency, the and the International Organization for Migration shall be invited to attend the meetings of the High-Level Committee. Other relevant organisations, […]
In its Recommendation to the Member States of 8 June 2015 on a European Resettlement Scheme, the Commission recommended that resettlement should be based on an equitable distribution key. This was followed by conclusions of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council of 20 July 2015 to resettle, through […]
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