European Asylum Support Office
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The European Asylum Support Office[1] is an agency created by European Union Regulation 439/2010 to strengthen EU Member States practical cooperation on asylum, enhance the implementation of the Common European Asylum System[2] (CEAS), and support Member States under particular pressure.
The April 2015 Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecks led European leaders to reconsider their border control and migrant processing policies.[3] On 20 April the European Commission proposed a 10-point plan that included[4] EASO deploying teams in Italy and Greece for joint processing of asylum applications; and EASO working with Europol, Frontex and Eurojust to gather information on smugglers modus operandi, to trace their funds and to assist in their investigation.
See also[edit]
- Asylum in the European Union
- European Asylum Curriculum
- Dublin Convention in 1990
- Eurodac and the Dublin Regulation in 2003
- Political Asylum
- Asylum in the United States
References[edit]
- ^ Website of the European Asylum Support Office http://easo.europa.eu/
- ^ Official website of the Common European Asylum System: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/asylum/index_en.htm
- ^ "EU leaders call for emergency talks after 700 migrants drown off Libya". Reuters. 19 Apr 2015.
- ^ "European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Joint Foreign and Home Affairs Council: Ten point action plan on migration". europa.eu. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
External links[edit]
- European regulation "Dublin II"
- Information Report on the European policy on asylum by Thierry Mariani
