Pursuant to the Council Decision No. 2007/573/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund (ERF) for 2008-2013, the European Commission mandated the consulting firm EY to conduct the ex-post evaluation of the ERF 2011-2013, as well as of the ERF's Community Actions for the period 2008-2010. The...

As part of the European Union's comprehensive approach to the migration crisis, the Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG Home) commissioned Optimity Advisors and Seefar to strengthen the evidence based on communications for migration in West Africa and the Central Mediterranean...

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) commissioned this study, with the aim of analysing the necessity and proportionality of including data on long-stay visas and residence documents in the VIS. As required by the necessity test, the study...

While compromise is still needed on some elements of the EU's asylum reform, enormous progress has been made on the overall set, with 5 out of the Commission's initial 7 proposals ready for adoption. Though part of a far-reaching reform, each individual proposal has a clear added value on its...

The Internal Security Fund Borders and Visa (hereafter the Fund) aims at contributing to ensure a high level of security in the Union while facilitating legitimate travel. The report presents the results of the interim evaluation of the Fund against the five criteria set out in the Better...

The Internal Security Fund Borders and Visa (hereafter the Fund) aims at contributing to ensure a high level of security in the Union while facilitating legitimate travel. The report presents the results of the interim evaluation of the Fund against the five criteria set out in the Better...

The EBF, launched in 2007, aimed to establish financial solidarity between Schengen countries by supporting those countries for which the protection of the EU's external borders represented a heavy burden, due to significant migratory pressure at their borders. Over the 2011-13 period, the EU...

The study aimed at evaluating the existing policy and legislative framework (and namely the legislative measures transposing the Council Framework Decision 2001/413/JHA -hereafter also Framework Decision or FwD) in combatting fraud in and counterfeiting of non-cash payment (NCP) instruments and...

In line with recommendations of the High-Level Expert Group on Information Systems and Interoperability of May 2017, where an information gap at EU level concerning long-stay visas and residence documents was identified, this study aims to analyse the necessity and proportionality of including...