Asylum

Denmark expects to send first migrants to return hub outside EU in 2027

Denmark said on Friday it expects to be ready by the end of 2027 to send migrants without legal residency to a return hub outside ‌the European Union, as five…

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Sweden adopts tougher immigration law linking residency to ‘good behaviour’

Sweden's parliament passed a law on Monday allowing authorities to revoke immigrants' residency permits based on bad behaviour, such as having unpaid debts, doing undeclared work or ‌links to extremist…

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Friedrich Merz: Most Syrians to Leave Germany Within Three Years

Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that he and the Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa hope that 80% of the Syrians in Germany will return home in the next three years. During…

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Dublin System 2024 in Review: Fewer Requests, Comparable Transfers

In 2024, EU countries sent 151 830 outgoing requests to transfer the responsibility to examine asylum applications to other EU countries, and implemented 16 455 outgoing transfers. Compared with the previous year,…

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New Pact on Migration and Asylum: reporting on developments and stepping up fight against migrant exploitation

One year on from the adoption of the proposal for a New Pact on Migration and Asylum, the Commission is today presenting a Report on Migration and Asylum. The Commission is…

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EU Commission presses for overhaul of asylum rules as Taliban enter Kabul

Aug 15 (Reuters) - The crisis in Afghanistan and the actions of Belarus demonstrate the need for a fast overhaul of the European Union's migration and asylum rules, EU Commissioner…

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EU Commission wants more rejected asylum seekers to leave voluntarily

The European Commission presented a new strategy on Tuesday to increase the numbers of rejected asylum seekers voluntarily returning to their home countries. The Strategy promotes voluntary return and reintegration…

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Asylum: more solidarity among EU member states and funds for frontline countries

According to MEPs, the 2013 Dublin III Regulation puts a “disproportionate responsibility on a minority of member states, in particular when high numbers of arrivals occur”. The plenary resolution assesses the law…

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Top EU court finds Hungary guilty of breaking asylum rules

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Court of Justice of the European Union said on Thursday that Hungary has broken EU laws designed to protect vulnerable migrants and refugees by blocking their…

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Asylum and Migration Pact: MEPs push for legal and safe avenues

In a letter to Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas and Commissioner Ylva Johansson sent by Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D, ES), Chair of the Civil Liberties Committee, on behalf of…

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Hungarian authorities denying food to failed asylum seekers

Hungarian authorities are systematically denying food to failed asylum seekers detained in the country’s border transit zones, say rights activists. The policy, whereby adults whose asylum claims have been rejected…

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