Economy
Commission opens infringement procedure against Hungary over migrant crisis
The European Commission adopted today 40 infringement decisions against several Member States, including Hungary, for failing to fully implement legislation making up the Common European Asylum System.
“Following up on the second implementation package of the European Agenda on Migration, the European Commission is stepping up its efforts to ensure the full application of EU law in the area of migration and asylum. The pieces of legislation concerned focus on fairer, quicker and better quality asylum decisions (the Asylum Procedures Directive); ensuring that there are humane physical reception conditions (such as housing) for asylum seekers across the EU (the Reception Conditions Directive); and clarifying the grounds for granting international protection (the Qualification Directive)," the EC said in a press release."Solidarity and responsibility are two sides of the same coin. EU leaders in an extraordinary European Council in April called for the rapid and full transposition and effective implementation of the Common European Asylum System to ensure common European standards under existing legislation," commented European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans.
“The European Commission is the guardian of the Treaties and today’s 40 infringement proceedings are meant to ensure that Member States actually implement and apply what they had previously agreed to do - and agreed to do rapidly and fully. Our Common European Asylum System can only function if everyone plays by the rules."
"In Europe everyone must uphold the commonly agreed standards, in the way we receive asylum seekers. All participating Member States, must process their asylum applications according to the common criteria and standards, which are used by national authorities to determine whether someone is entitled to international protection. These standards need to be fully implemented and respected, while always respecting the dignity and human rights of the applicants," added Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos.
The European Commission has adopted 40 infringement decisions against 19 Member States
The Commission is sending Letters of Formal Notice to 18 Member States, including Hungary, for having failed to communicate national measures taken to fully transpose therevised Asylum Procedures Directive (2013/32/EU)[2]:This Directive establishes common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection and sets clearer rules on how to apply for asylum. It applies to all applications for international protection made in the territory, including at the border, in the territorial waters or in the transit zones of the Member States.
The Commission is sending Letters of Formal Notice to 19 Member States, Hungary among them, for not having communicated the national measures taken to fully transpose the updated Reception Conditions Directive (2013/33/EU) which sets out common minimum standards for the reception of applicants for international protection across Member States.
It provides a legal obligation for Member States to ensure that material reception conditions are available to applicants when they apply for international protection. These include access to housing, food, health care and employment, as well as medical and psychological care. It also restricts the detention of vulnerable persons, in particular minors.
The Commission recently also sent administrative letters requesting clarification on compliance with the EURODAC Regulation to Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Hungary and Italy on 28 August 2015 and administrative letters requesting clarification on the adoption and enforcement of return decisions to Germany, Italy and Greece on 11 September 2015.
“Following up on the second implementation package of the European Agenda on Migration, the European Commission is stepping up its efforts to ensure the full application of EU law in the area of migration and asylum. The pieces of legislation concerned focus on fairer, quicker and better quality asylum decisions (the Asylum Procedures Directive); ensuring that there are humane physical reception conditions (such as housing) for asylum seekers across the EU (the Reception Conditions Directive); and clarifying the grounds for granting international protection (the Qualification Directive)," the EC said in a press release."Solidarity and responsibility are two sides of the same coin. EU leaders in an extraordinary European Council in April called for the rapid and full transposition and effective implementation of the Common European Asylum System to ensure common European standards under existing legislation," commented European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans.
“The European Commission is the guardian of the Treaties and today’s 40 infringement proceedings are meant to ensure that Member States actually implement and apply what they had previously agreed to do - and agreed to do rapidly and fully. Our Common European Asylum System can only function if everyone plays by the rules."
"In Europe everyone must uphold the commonly agreed standards, in the way we receive asylum seekers. All participating Member States, must process their asylum applications according to the common criteria and standards, which are used by national authorities to determine whether someone is entitled to international protection. These standards need to be fully implemented and respected, while always respecting the dignity and human rights of the applicants," added Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos.
The European Commission has adopted 40 infringement decisions against 19 Member States
The Commission is sending Letters of Formal Notice to 18 Member States, including Hungary, for having failed to communicate national measures taken to fully transpose therevised Asylum Procedures Directive (2013/32/EU)[2]:This Directive establishes common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection and sets clearer rules on how to apply for asylum. It applies to all applications for international protection made in the territory, including at the border, in the territorial waters or in the transit zones of the Member States.
The Commission is sending Letters of Formal Notice to 19 Member States, Hungary among them, for not having communicated the national measures taken to fully transpose the updated Reception Conditions Directive (2013/33/EU) which sets out common minimum standards for the reception of applicants for international protection across Member States.
It provides a legal obligation for Member States to ensure that material reception conditions are available to applicants when they apply for international protection. These include access to housing, food, health care and employment, as well as medical and psychological care. It also restricts the detention of vulnerable persons, in particular minors.
The Commission recently also sent administrative letters requesting clarification on compliance with the EURODAC Regulation to Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Hungary and Italy on 28 August 2015 and administrative letters requesting clarification on the adoption and enforcement of return decisions to Germany, Italy and Greece on 11 September 2015.
