Free movement of persons, asylum and immigration
- FREE MOVEMENT OF EUROPEAN CITIZENS WITHIN THE UNION
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SCHENGEN INFORMATION SYSTEM II
- Legal instruments governing migration from SIS 1+ to SIS II
- Second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) – 1st pillar regulation
- Second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) – 3rd pillar decision
- Access of vehicle registration services to SIS II
- New functions for the Schengen Information System in the fight against terrorismArchives
- Improved effectiveness, enhanced interoperability and synergies between European databasesArchives
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PENETRATING EXTERNAL BORDERS
- Next steps in border management in the EU
- Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code)
- Rapid border intervention teams (RABIT)
- European External Borders Agency - Frontex
- Reinforcing the management of the EU's southern maritime borders
- European external border surveillance system (EUROSUR)
- Local border traffic at external land borders
- Obligation of air carriers to communicate passenger data
- External Borders Fund (2007-13)
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VISAS
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Visa policy
- Community Visa Code
- Visa requirements for nationals of Non-EU Member Countries
- Uniform format for visas
- Facilitating procedures for issuing visas for those taking part in sporting events
- Facilitated Transit Document (FTD) and Facilitated Rail Transit Document (FRTD)
- Airport transit arrangementsArchives
- Information system on visas
- Consular cooperation and document fraud
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Visa policy
- ASYLUM
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IMMIGRATION AND RIGHTS OF NATIONALS OF NON-EU MEMBER COUNTRIES
- Immigration policy
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Entry and residence
- Uniform format for residence permits
- Single application procedure for a residence and work permit and a common set of rights for Non-EU Member Country workers
- Limitations on the admission of third-country nationals for the purpose of pursuing activities as self-employed persons
- Limitations on the admission of third-country nationals for employment
- Conditions of admission of third-country nationals for the purposes of studies, pupil exchange, unremunerated training or voluntary service
- Entry and residence of highly qualified workers (EU Blue Card)
- Residence permit issued to Non-EU Member Country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings and who cooperate with the competent authorities
- Status of Non-EU Member Country nationals who are long-term residents
- Family reunification
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Illegal immigration
- Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration
- Links between legal and illegal immigration
- Preventing the facilitation of unauthorised entry and residence
- Financial penalties on carriers
- Sanctions against the employment of illegally staying non-EU nationals
- Immigration liaison officers' network
- Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Air and Sea
- Return and expulsion
- Information and cooperation
- Financial programmes
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RELATIONS WITH NON-EU MEMBER COUNTRIES
- The external dimension of the area of freedom, security and justice
- Integration of concerns related to migration within the external policy
- Circular migration and mobility partnerships
- Migration and development: some concrete orientations
- Strengthening the Global Approach to Migration
- Migration: Global Approach to the Eastern and South-Eastern regions of the EU
- Towards a comprehensive European migration policy
- Thematic programme for cooperation with Non-EU Member Countries in the areas of migration and asylum
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External borders and visas
- Visa and re-entry facilitation agreements
- Agreements with the countries of the Western Balkans on the facilitation of the issuance of visas
- Reciprocity regarding visa exemptions
- Facilitating the issuance of short-stay visas with Russia
- Transit Kaliningrad - Russian mainland: proposals and implementation
- Asylum
- Return and readmission