In order to achieve the objectives set out in Article 3, the ARGO programme shall support the activities of the Member States in the area of asylum intended:
to promote the establishment and operation of the common European asylum system by supporting measures and standards leading to a common asylum procedure and a uniform status for those granted asylum valid throughout the Community;
to facilitate the determination of the State responsible for examining an asylum application;
to support the approximation of rules on the recognition and content of refugee status, complemented with measures on subsidiary forms of protection offering an appropriate status to any person in need of such protection;
to reinforce the efficiency and fairness of asylum procedure and to increase convergence in decisions dealing with asylum applications;
to develop resettlement and entry facilities, and legal means for admission into Member States on humanitarian grounds.