Common European Asylum System in a Changing World

15. The Family Reunification Directive aims at protecting the family unity of third-country nationals a) including refugees, beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, and asylum-seekers whose applications have not been decided yet b) including refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection c) including refugees but not beneficiaries of subsidiary protection 1 6. The right to asylum and the principle of non-refoulement are explicitly enshrined in a) the ECHR b) the EU Charter c) the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union 17. The EU Charter a) is a copy of the ECHR into an EU law instrument b) is a totally independent instrument which creates rights which did not exist in any other human rights treaty c) does not create new rights, but reaffirms existing rights gathered in different instruments 18. The Lisbon Treaty a) explicitly prohibits the EU from becoming a party to the ECHR b) instructs the Commission to look for ways to incorporate the ECHR into EU Law c) included an obligation for the EU to become a party to the ECHR 19. The reference for a preliminary ruling is a process whereby a) National courts can question the CJEU on the interpretation or validity of EU law b) the European Commission requests the CJEU to confirm the validity of its legislative proposals c) the CJEU reviews judgments by the Supreme Courts of Member States on matters of EU law 20. The origins of the CEAS lie with a) the intergovernmental cooperation during the early development of the Schengen area in the middle of the 1980’s b) the adoption of the common standards in the middle of the 1980’s c) the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997 21. Which of the following institutions does not implement EU migration and asylum policy? a) the European Boarder and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX) b) the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) c) the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe 22. Which EU Member State is not part of the Schengen area? a) Ireland b) Denmark c) Norway

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