The course has a dual objective. First it focuses on those who do not have
a right to stay and are subject to return procedures. Second, it explains
the policy considerations and legal concepts related to asylum law as
developed in the EU’s Common European Asylum System (CEAS) Some other
aspects of the European Union’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
will also feature in the training. (Schengen, human smuggling, regular
migration of third country nationals). The training will explain the
challenges of policy formulation and regulation of asylum matters, and it
is within this context that the training seeks to specifically address the
EU’s failure to react with new rules to the large scale movements of
2015-2016. A look at the New Pact on Migration and Asylum will reveal if it
can indeed serve as a new start. The much broader questions about the
EU’s future, identity and responsibility will also be addressed.