State of play ? Here you can find more information on:

• the state of play on EU asylum law
• the state of play on EU immigration law
   

Important sources for EU law monitoring in the field of immigration and asylum

• Background information on EU Law : what are EU regulations, EU directives and EU decisions? Here.
   
• EU Law online: the website of the Publications Office of the EU.
   
• European Commission - Home Affairs: general information on the different Immigration and Asylum policy fields with background, summaries and links to the different legislative and policy texts:
  • Immigration,
  • Asylum,
  • Schengen, Borders & Visas’,
  • Trafficking in human beings’,…
     
• Website with updates on recent developments in European Migration Law
   
• Procedure files on all EU-legislative proposals
  • Legislative Observatory of the European Parliament
    • The website contains records for all procedures (ongoing or completed) their passage through Parliament since July 1999
  • ‘Prelex’ of the European Commission
    • The database follows all official documents (Proposals, Recommendations, Communications) transmitted by the Commission to the legislator (the Council - the Parliament) and to other institutions and bodies.
       
• Infringements of EU Law (Home Affairs) More information.
  • Website on EU Law monitoring of the Commission: infringements of EU Home Affairs Law by policy field (asylum policy; borders and return policy; immigration and integration;  visa policy; or by country.
  • Annual reports of the Commission on its monitoring of the application of EU law.
     
• Press releases:
  • Justice and Home Affairs Council (by year);
  • Presidency of the Council of the European Union
  • European Commission
  • European Parliament; 
  • Court of Justice of the European Union.