EASO External Cooperation Strategy

Download or read book EASO External Cooperation Strategy written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The successful implementation of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) primarily depends on European Member States and on their asylum and reception systems, which the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) continuously supports (the internal dimension). This strategy defines the general framework within which EASO will develop its work related to the external dimension of the CEAS. The EASO regulation gives the agency the mandate to coordinate the exchange of information and other actions relating to the external dimension of the CEAS, including resettlement, in agreement with the European Commission. Furthermore, EASO may seek cooperation with competent authorities of third countries in technical matters, in particular with a view to promoting and assisting capacity building in the third countries own asylum and reception systems and other actions relevant to durable solutions. The ongoing reform of the CEAS includes, among others, legislative proposals aimed at establishing a fully-fledged European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA, and at creating a permanent Union Resettlement Framework, which will impact the future of the agency's external action. In particular, it is foreseen that the agency may: - support Member States in the implementation of the Union Resettlement Framework as well as national resettlement schemes, upon the request of the Member States concerned; Liaison officers shall only be deployed to third countries in which migration and asylum management practices comply with non-derogable human rights standards. Priority shall be given to those third countries which constitute a country of origin or transit regarding asylum-related migration. EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. - deploy liaison officers in third countries . This strategy foresees the possibility revision, including in view of the future adoption of the relevant legislative proposal aimed at establishing a fully-fledged EUAA.