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• 22.02.2022 - EU Agency for Asylum - Annual overview 2021 - Asylum applications returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2021

  In 2021, applications for international protection in the EU+ rose by a third to 617 800, returning to pre-pandemic levels after a major dip in 2020. The level in 2021 was roughly similar to that in 2018 but still somewhat lower than in 2019. While i (...)

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  22.02.2022 - Court of Justice - Asylum - Directive 2013/32/EU - CGRA - Case C-483/20

  A Member State may exercise its option to declare an application for international protection inadmissible on the ground that the applicant has already been granted refugee status by another Member State. However, family unity must be maintained wher (...)

• 21.02.2022 - UNHCR - Violence and human rights violations at European borders

  UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by the increasing number of incidents of violence and serious human rights violations against refugees and migrants at various European borders, several of which have resulted in tragic loss of life.

• 16.02.2022 - European Citizens' Panel - Recommendations to Help Deal With Migration & Make EU Stronger

  The Panel “EU in the world / Migration” discusses the role of the EU in the world, including objectives and strategies for the EU’s security; defence; trade policy; humanitarian aid and development cooperation; foreign policy, and neighbourhood polic (...)

• 15.02.2022 - European Parliament - Golden Passports - Legislative initiative report

  MEPs call for a ban on ‘golden passports’ and EU rules for ‘golden visas’. - Golden passports’ are objectionable ethically, legally and economically and pose several serious security risks - ‘Golden visas’ need to be regulated and should be levied (...)

• 10.02.2022 - EPRS - Article 78(3) TFEU - Emergency Measures - Complex migratory situation - Latvia - Lithuania - Poland

  On 1 December 2021, the Commission proposed a Council decision on emergency measures to help Latvia, Lithuania and Poland face the complex migratory situation at their respective borders with Belarus. The measures provide for an extension of the regi (...)

• 01.02.2022 - IOM - World Migration Report 2022

  IOM's World Migration Report Shows Global Displacement Rising Despite COVID-19 Mobility Limits

• 21.01.2022 - European Union Agency for Asylum - A New Start

  New Pact on Migration and Asylum: new mandate, new start for the European Union Agency for Asylum

• 20.01.2022 - Court of Justice - Directive 2003/109/EC - Long Term Residents - ZK - Case C-432/20

  Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Immigration policy – Directive 2003/109/EC – Article 9(1)(c) – Loss of the status of long-term resident third-country national – Absence from the territory of the European U (...)

• 17.01.2022 - Council of the EU - Operational Coordination Mechanism for the External Dimension of Migration

  Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/60 of 12 January 2022 on the Operational Coordination Mechanism for the External Dimension of Migration