THE EUROPEAN UNION REGULATIONS AND POLICIES ON IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM IN 2012-2013

In the period 2012-2013 measures seeking greater effectiveness in external border controls have been reinforced. With regard to the goal of integration, special emphasis is given to encouraging immigration by highly qualified professionals while the process of revising legislation on family reunification has simultaneously begun. From the point of view of asylum and subsidiary protection, the second phase of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) has been completed and three situations affecting the commitment to solidarity contracted by the member states are now under consideration: the Greek National Action Plan on Asylum and Immigration; the Syrian conflict, and the resettlement of the beneficiaries of international protection provisions.