ANNUAL POLICY REPORT 2012 Table of Contents ACRONYMS 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Structure of Asylum and Migration policy 10 11 2. OVERVIEW OF ASYLUM AND MIGRATION POLICYDEVELOPMENTS 2.1 Political developments 2.2 Overall developments in asylum and migration 13 13 18 3. LEGAL MIGRATION AND MOBILITY 3.1 Economic migration 3.2 Family Reunification 3.3 Students and Researchers 3.4 Other legal migration 3.5 Integration 3.6 Citizenship and Naturalisation 3.7 Managing Migration and Mobility 3.7.1 Visa Policy 3.7.2 Schengen Governance 3.7.3 Border Surveillance 3.7.4 Frontex 24 24 27 28 30 31 35 37 37 38 39 41 4.IRREGULAR MIGRATION AND RETURN 4.1 Irregular Migration 4.2 Return 43 43 51 5. INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION INCLUDING ASYLUM 5.1 Common European Asylum System 5.2 European Asylum Support Office 5.3 Intra-EU Solidarity including Relocation 5.4 Cooperation with third countries including Resettlement 54 54 56 58 58 6. UNACCOMPANIED MINORS AND OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS 6.1 Unaccompanied Minors 6.2 Other Vulnerable Groups 58 58 61 7. ACTIONS AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS 63 8. MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY 66 9. IMPLEMENTATION OF EU LEGISLATION 68 9.1 Transposition of EU legislation 2012 68 9.2 Experiences, debates in the (non) implementation of EU legislation 70 3