EP Plenary: EU Commission President von der Leyen on sustainable solutions regarding asylum and migration
Brussels, 1 February 2023 Madam President, dear Roberta, Madam Minister, Honourable Members, Last year, Frontex...
EU Commission proposes new operational strategy on migration management
Brussels, 24 January 2023 Today, the Commission proposed an operational strategy for more effective returns. Its...
Asylum and migration: Deal reached on new EU resettlement framework
Brussels, 15 December 2022 On Thursday, negotiators from the European Parliament and of the Czech...
Yemen: EU Council approves conclusions
Brussels, 12 December 2022 Today, the Council approved the following conclusions on Yemen restating the...
Migration routes: EU Commission proposes measures for Central Mediterranean to address immediate challenges
Brussels, 21 November 2022 Ahead of the Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council (Home Affairs)...
Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia ready to fully join the Schengen area
Brussels, 16 November 2022 The Commission calls upon the Council to take the necessary decisions...
Statement by the EU Commission on the situation in the Central Mediterranean
Brussels, 9 November 2022 The European Commission calls for the immediate disembarkation, at the nearest...
Crisis affecting the reception of asylum seekers in the Netherlands – EU Commission answer
Brussels, 18 October 2022 See question(s) : E-002850/2022 EN E-002850/2022 Answer given by Ms Johansson...
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Main results: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 13-14 October 2022
Brussels, 14 October 2022 Home Affairs (14 October) Schengen Area Ministers exchanged views on the...
Migration and asylum: EU Asylum Pact remains key for lasting progress
Brussels, 6 October 2022 This report presents key developments in the area of migration and...
Switzerland: Fourth report on human rights adopted
Bern, 23 September 2022 At its meeting on 23 September 2022, the Federal Council adopted...
Transfer decision of asylum seeker: Judgment of the EU Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-245/21 and C-248/21
Luxembourg, 22 September 2022 PRESS RELEASE No 160/22 The suspension, due to the Covid-19 pandemic,...
Europol: Migrant smugglers using private aircraft grounded in Belgium and Italy
The Hague, 16 September 2022 Five suspects arrested and two planes seized during the joint...
EU Parliament and EU Presidencies agree on migration and asylum reforms
Brussels, 7 September 2022 Parliament and five rotating Council Presidencies commit to work together to...
EU Parliament: Asylum and migration in the EU – facts and figures
Brussels, 5 August 2022 Migration in the EU has been affected by crises such as...
EU Commission awards funding for new projects to support migration management in five EU countries
Brussels, 3 August 2022 The European Commission has awarded today €171 million for projects to...
Asylum and Migration: Hearing on Afghan asylum seekers
Brussels, 16 March 2022 On Thursday afternoon, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home...
Main results: Justice and Home Affairs Council on 3 March 2022
Live streaming Home affairs (Thursday 3 March) European response to the situation in Ukraine EU...
Migration and asylum: Results of the informal EU Home Affairs Ministers meeting
Lille, 3 February 2022 Three significant advances in the area of security and immigration under...
EU Commission: New EU asylum agency EUAA starts operations
Brussels, 19 January 2022 Today, the new European Union Agency for Asylum starts work with its reinforced...
MEPs ask for clarification of proposed asylum law changes at EU-Belarus border
On Thursday 13 January, EC Vice-President Schinas and Commissioner Johansson will explain to MEPs the...
EU-Abgeordnete Düpont (EVP/CDU) zum Notfallmechanismus an der Grenze zu Belarus
Zum Vorschlag der EU-Kommission für einen Notfallmechanismus gemäß Art. 78 Abs.3 AEUV zugunsten Lettlands, Litauens und...
Border emergency: S&D Group condemns EU Commission proposal to suspend asylum rules
The S&D Group today condemns the Commission’s proposal to allow the suspension of EU asylum...
Renew Europe on emergency at EU-Belarusian border: Punish Lukashenka, not his victims
DECEMBER 1, 20210 The orchestrated border crisis and exploitation of migrants to destabilise the EU...
Migration and asylum: Draft reports for screening and force majeure regulations
Birgit Sippel, responsible for screening regulation, and Juan Lopez Aguilar, responsible for crisis regulation, will...
International protection: EU Court of Justice says Hungary infringed EU law
Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-821/19 – Commission v Hungary – Area...
Afghanistan: EASO issues joint guidance on asylum applications
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published a joint EU assessment of the situation...
EU-Abgeordnete Lena Düpont (EVP/CDU) zur neuen EU-Asylagentur
Zur heutigen Verabschiedung des Mandats der neuen EU-Asylagentur erklärt Lena Düpont (CDU), migrationspolitische Sprecherin der CDU/CSU-Gruppe: „Mit der heutigen...
Background on the EU Parliament week ahead, 1 – 7 November 2021
Briefing Poland: challenges to the EU legal order and European values Parliament to demand action...
S&D fact-finding mission to European asylum office
Published: 30/09/2021 Ahead of next week’s plenary debate in the European Parliament on the European...
EU-Abgeordnete Lena Düpont (EVP/CDU) zum EU-Aktionsplan gegen Menschenschmuggel
Zum heute vorgestellten EU-Aktionsplan gegen die Schleusung von Migranten 2021-2025 erklärt Lena Düpont (CDU), innenpolitische Sprecherin der CDU/CSU-Gruppe: „Der...
EASO publishes three reports on Somalia: Targeted profiles, Key socio-economic indicators, and Security situation
Today, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) published three Country of Origin Information (COI) reports....
EASO: Asylum applications by Afghans approaching those by Syrians
While Syrians were still the largest group of asylum applicants in EU+ countries in July,...
Judgment of the EU Court of Justice in Case C-18/20: International protection in Austria
Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl (Subsequent application for international protection, Area of Freedom, Security and...
EP Study: The EU Commission’s legislative proposals in theNew Pact on Migration and Asylum
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs...
EASO: Broad increase in applications for asylum, including by Afghans
EU+ countries received substantially more asylum applications in June. A broad range of nationalities...
EP Study: The EU Commission’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum. Horizontal substitute impact assessment
This ‘Horizontal Substitute Impact Assessment of the European Commission’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum’...
EU Parliament adopts two funds for asylum and border policies
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: €9.88bn to support asylum and migration policy Integrated Border Management...
Renew Europe welcomes step to transform EASO into a full-fledged EU Asylum Agency
Today, an agreement was reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the new...
EPP Group: Negotiation breakthrough concerning EU Agency for Asylum
29.06.2021 Negotiators of the European Parliament and EU Member States today reached an agreement on...
EU Commission comments on the agreement reached on the new EU Asylum Agency
Brussels, 29 June 2021 The Commission welcomes the agreement that the European Parliament and the...
EASO Report: COVID-19 exposes strengths and weaknesses of EU asylum systems
Despite the pandemic, the EASO Asylum Report 2021 highlights the resilience of many EU+ countries’ asylum systems...
EASO welcomes agreement establishing EU Agency for Asylum
29 June 2021 The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) welcomes today’s political agreement reached by...
MEPs and EU Council agree on “a new, stronger Asylum Agency” in the EU
Independent EU agency with beefed-up resources capable of supporting relocation and resettlement 500 experts from...
National MPs and MEPs discuss impact of COVID-19 on asylum and migration
National MPs and MEPs met on Monday to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the...
EU Parliament background: Asylum and migration in the EU – facts and figures
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on migration flows in the EU. Movement...
EP Think tank briefing: The external dimension of the new pact on migration and asylum: A focus on prevention and readmission
The challenges posed by migration have put EU Member States’ solidarity to the test. Responding...
Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-821/19
Commission v Hungary Area of Freedom, Security and Justice According to Advocate General Rantos, by...