Refugee crisis: European Commission pushes for returns and readmission - having given up on relocating refugees within the EU
02 March 2017
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Refugee crisis:
European Commission pushes for returns and
readmission - having given up on relocating refugees within the
EU
2.3.17
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• Press release: European Agenda on Migration: Commission presents new measures for an efficient and credible EU return policy (pdf):
"the Commission is today following through with a renewed EU Action Plan on Return and a set of recommendations to Member States on how to make return procedures more effective.....
Remove inefficiencies by shortening deadlines for appeals, systematically issuing return decisions that do not have an expiry date and combining decisions on the ending of a legal stay with the issuance of a return decision to avoid duplicate work...
Tackle abuses of the system by making use of the possibility to assess asylum claims in accelerated or, where considered appropriate, border procedures when it is suspected asylum claims are made merely to delay the enforcement of a return decision...
Prevent absconding by detaining people who have received a return decision and who show signs they will not comply such as refusal to cooperate in the identification process or opposing a return operation violently or fraudulently....
Overcoming the challenges of readmission by working to swiftly conclude the negotiations of Readmission Agreements with Nigeria, Tunisia and Jordan and striving to engage with Morocco and Algeria.
Within the Partnership Framework, employ collective leverage in a coordinated and effective manner through tailor-made approaches with third countries."
• Communication:On a more effective return policy in the EU - A renewed Action Plan (COM 200-17, pdf)
• Annex 1 (pdf): Detailed plan
• FAQ: Returns and readmission (pdf)
• Returns and readmission via "Partnership Frameworks with African states: Commission calls for accelerated delivery under the Migration Partnership Framework and further actions along the Central Mediterranean Route (pdf) including "Factsheets" on target African states
Keep in touch: Statewatch Observatory: Refugee crisis in the Med and inside the EU: Daily news (updated through the day), commentaries and official documents
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