European Asylum Support Office

European Asylum Support Office
Agency overview
Formed 1 February 2011 (2011-02-01)
Jurisdiction European Union
Headquarters Valletta, Malta
Motto Support is Our Mission
Agency executive
  • Jose Carreira, Executive Director A.I.
Key document
Website easo.europa.eu

The European Asylum Support Office[1] is an agency created by European Union Regulation 439/2010 to strengthen the cooperation of EU Member States on asylum, enhance the implementation of the Common European Asylum System, and support Member States under particular pressure.[2]

History

The April 2015 Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecks led European leaders to reconsider their border control and migrant processing policies.[3] On 20 April the European Commission proposed a 10-point plan that included EASO in the process of assisting asylum applicants and collecting information about smuggling operations.[4]

In April 2016 the European Commission proposed to transform EASO into a European Union Agency for Asylum.[5]

Executive Directors

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO)". EASO.
  2. ↑ "Common European Asylum System". European Commission.
  3. ↑ "EU leaders call for emergency talks after 700 migrants drown off Libya". Reuters. 19 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "European Commission – PRESS RELEASES – Press release – Joint Foreign and Home Affairs Council: Ten point action plan on migration". europa.eu. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  5. ↑ http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/european-agenda-migration/proposal-implementation-package/docs/20160504/easo_proposal_en.pdf

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