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REFUGEE CRISIS: European Commission Communication: Managing the refugee crisis: immediate operational, budgetary and legal measures under the European Agenda on Migration
24 September 2015
"Migration Management Support Teams working in 'hotspot' areas (see Annex II). The Support Teams will have an instant impact on the most critical point in the chain – where the most affected Member States are finding the sheer number of arrivals too great to manage effectively. Staff deployed by EU agencies and other EU Member States will help identify, screen and register migrants on entry to the EU. This is the first step to a secure future for those in need, and an early opportunity to identify those who should be returned to their home countries." [emphasis added]
See the full text:
Managing the refugee crisis: immediate operational, budgetary and legal measures under the European Agenda on Migration (pdf)
Comment: This appears to beg the question about refugees' right to ask for asylum - especially as the Council Decision has prioritised refugees from Syria, Iraq and Eritrea - when they are many refugees from Afghanistan and Somali amongst others?
Commission
Press release (pdf)
- Annex 1:
Priority Actions under the European Agenda for Migration to deliver within six months (pdf)
- Annex 2:
Migration Management Support Teams working in 'hotspot' areas (pdf)
- Annex III:
The Rapid Border Intervention Teams mechanism (RABIT) (pdf)
- Annex IV:
Financial Support to Member States under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and the Internal Security Fund (link)
- Annex V:
Member State and Commission Contributions to the World Food Programme (link)
- Annex VI:
The EU Regional Trust Fund ("MADAD Trust Fund") in response to the Syrian Crisis (link)
- Annex VII:
Implementing the Common European Asylum System (link)
- Link to:
Annexes to Communication (link)
Further Background
European Commission proposals on refugee crisis (Statewatch) and Council of the European Union:
COUNCIL DECISION establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece (pdf) plus Commission press release:
European Commission Statement following the decision at the Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council to relocate 120,000 refugees (pdf) contains little new detail on what was agreed. 120,000 people are to be relocated
over 2 years.