In 2012, there were over 330,000 applications for asylum in the EU, representing a 10% increase on the previous year highlighting the need to provide adequate protection measures and responses throughout the EU. The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted legislation in June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection. These developments towards the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) should enter into force in 2015; with the most recent Dublin rules being implemented in 2014. This raises the question of the challenges to implementation faced by MemberStates and how these new rules and regulations will impact the existing systems and standards already in place.This timely International Symposium will examine the implications of current directives and rules for asylum at an EU level and assess the implementation challenges for Member States as they transpose them into their national legislation.