Managing asylum and immigration

Managing asylum and immigration

As more people are trying to enter the EU because to escape war, persecution and natural disasters, or just to make better future for them and their families, EU countries are developing common solutions to the challenges they all face.

Minimum standards and procedures for asylum seekers are intended to guarantee a high level of protection for those who need it, while ensuring that national asylum systems cannot be abused. For example, they determine how and where applications should be processed, the standards for receiving asylum applicants, the status of people granted asylum and the role of national authorities in meeting these responsibilities.

EU is working all the time to make balanced and comprehensive EU immigration policy in order to seize the opportunities that legal immigration may bring to the European economies and societies, while tackling the challenges of irregular immigration. The aim is to take account of the priorities and needs of each EU country and encourage the integration of non-EU nationals into their host societies.

The EU is also striving to create partnerships with the countries of origin and of transit in order to better organise legal and curb irregular immigration, to improve the link between migration and development, as well as to strengthen the rule of law and promote respect for fundamental rights in these countries.