The vision of the asylum and migration policy is :

• A human policy which provides international protection to those in need of this protection
• A proper policy countering fraud and abuse of process
• A coherent policy integrating the various processes of asylum, migration and reception.

The key elements of the policy papers are the following:

Asylum:

• An efficient asylum procedure and a decrease of asylum applications for the first time in 2012 (since 2008).
• The audit's first findings regarding the improvement of the coordination of the asylum procedure.
• The introduction and implementation of a safe country of origin list in 2012.
• An increase of multiple asylum applications in 2011 and 2012 and the initiatives to counter it.
• Prevention campaigns in the Balkans, Cameroon, Morocco, Guinea, Armenia and Russia.
• The European asylum policy and the participation in resettlement programs of refugees in 2013.

Migration:

• A state of play regarding the transpositon of the Blue Card Directive and the Single Permit Directive.
• A short examination of the modifications brought to the law on family reunification.
• An overview of the actions undertaken to counter fraud and abuse of process.
• A fast and efficient processing of applications for residence permits on humanitarian grounds and applying medical filters to applications for  residence permits on medical grounds (9ter).
• Actions against human trafficking and protection of unaccompanied minors.
• Efforts to stimulate returns, especially voluntary returns and a state of play regarding the readmission agreements.

Reception

• Put an end to the reception crisis.
• Adoption of structural measures to manage incoming and outgoing flows.
• The progressive decrease of emergency places.
• The optimization of the reception network's management and the appointment of the new  Fedasil  director.
• Actions to ensure quality support for asylum seekers during their procedure.
• Measures to improve assistance in case of return and exit at the end of the asylum procedure.

The policy papers are only available in French and in Dutch