The EASO Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union 2018
European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has released a new document: The EASO Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union 2018. The Report presents the latest available data, statistical trends and analyses changes in EU+ countries regarding their legislation, policies, practices, as well as national case law.
On the basis of European asylum reform project, significant progress was noticed in five out of seven proposals: the EU Asylum Agency, the Eurodac Regulation, the EU Resettlement Framework Regulation, the Qualification Regulation and the Reception Conditions Directive, for which the co-legislators reached broad political agreement by the June 2018 deadline.
Here are some of key findings:
- a continuing decrease trend in applications for international protection in EU+ (10%);
- top 3 citizenships of origin of asylum seekers: Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq;
- over a third of all applicants for international protection were female and almost a third were minors. Access to information for unaccompanied minors continued to remain top priority across the EU+;
- almost three quarters of all applications were lodged in Germany, France, Greece, Italy, and Spain;
- for the cases in first instance the total EU recognition rate was 39 % and the higher rate of positive decisions was noticed for applicants from Yemen (89 %), Syria (88 %) and Eritrea (85 %), however the lowest recognition rates were for applicants from Moldova (1 %), North Macedonia (2 %) and Georgia (5 %).
The full report is available: https://www.easo.europa.eu/easo-annual-report-2018
On the basis of European asylum reform project, significant progress was noticed in five out of seven proposals: the EU Asylum Agency, the Eurodac Regulation, the EU Resettlement Framework Regulation, the Qualification Regulation and the Reception Conditions Directive, for which the co-legislators reached broad political agreement by the June 2018 deadline.
Here are some of key findings:
- a continuing decrease trend in applications for international protection in EU+ (10%);
- top 3 citizenships of origin of asylum seekers: Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq;
- over a third of all applicants for international protection were female and almost a third were minors. Access to information for unaccompanied minors continued to remain top priority across the EU+;
- almost three quarters of all applications were lodged in Germany, France, Greece, Italy, and Spain;
- for the cases in first instance the total EU recognition rate was 39 % and the higher rate of positive decisions was noticed for applicants from Yemen (89 %), Syria (88 %) and Eritrea (85 %), however the lowest recognition rates were for applicants from Moldova (1 %), North Macedonia (2 %) and Georgia (5 %).
The full report is available: https://www.easo.europa.eu/easo-annual-report-2018