Common European Asylum System in a Changing World

7. OTHER CEASO RELATED INSTRUMENTS Asylum is not an isolated island and it has to be taken in relation to other migration- related areas in order to get a full comprehensive understanding. The other main migration related areas are especially: 7.1 Access to the territory 7.2 Return 7.3 Family Reunification 7.4 Integration Of course, there are more areas connected to asylum , such as resettlement, trafficking in human beings, or some instruments from legal migration domain, such as rules for long-term residents. For basic information on these related areas, check the web pages of the European Commission: Resettlement https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/ glossary_search/resettlement_en https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/policies/european- agenda-migration/20171114_resettlement_ensuring_safe_and_legal_access_to_ protection_for_refugees_en.pdf Trafficking in human beings https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/organized-crime-and-human- trafficking/trafficking-in-human-beings_en Long-term residents https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/legal-migration/long-term- residents_en 7.1.1 Schengen Borders Code Under international law, only nationals are automatically allowed entry into a state. Other persons may be required to fulfil certain conditions for enabling their entry into foreign territory. States also have a sovereign right to control the entry and stay of non- nationals in their territory. Both EU law and ECtHR case law recognizes limits to this sovereignty. EU law has a set of common rules applicable for entry into the EU territory and Schengen area more specifically. It provides EU States with a single set of common rules that govern external border checks on persons, entry requirements, and duration of stays in the Schengen Area, including 7.1 Access to the territory

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