| | What matters • The sovereign right of States to control their borders must be reconciled with the individual right to seek and enjoy asylum from persecution.
• A European Resettlement Programme should lead to more resettlement places in the EU to allow more refugees to rebuild their lives in safety and dignity in the European Union.
• ECRE and UNHCR acknowledge the importance of responsibility-sharing within the EU. However, intra-EU solidarity should not come at the expense of support for third countries. Member States benefiting from solidarity must continue to strengthen and improve the capacity and quality of their asylum and reception systems.
• The Stockholm Programme should put an end to the huge disparities in the quality of national asylum systems and close the gap in the asylum recognition rates. Improving quality and consistency of asylum procedures could be promoted through better and more systematic monitoring of compliance with the asylum acquis and more rigorous enforcement by the Commission. Consult our factsheet 
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