Home Asylum Report 2025 Sources on Asylum 2025 Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Acronyms and abbreviations Executive Summary Section 1. Introduction Section 2. Major developments in asylum in the European Union in 2024 2.1. A new era for Europe’s migration and asylum management 2.2. Key issues in European asylum discourse and practices 2.2.1. Calibrating European border management 2.2.2. Intensifying efforts to address trafficking 2.2.3. Eliciting the expertise of civil society 2.3. EU solidarity with Ukraine 2.4. External dimension of the EU’s asylum policy Section 3. Managing access to international protection 3.1. Access to territory 3.2. Streamlining access to the procedure 3.3. Border procedures 3.4. Data on applications for international protection Relative pressure from asylum-related migration Section 4. Initiatives for more streamlined and harmonised asylum procedures 4.1. Adapting procedures at first instance 4.1.1. Making asylum systems more resilient Box 1: Common migration and asylum information systems and digital innovation in 2024 4.1.2. Ensuring applicants’ rights and obligations 4.1.3. Examining the admissibility of an application and applying special procedures and safe country concepts 4.1.4. Managing caseloads and assessing applications for international protection Box 2: Identifying statelessness in the asylum context 4.2. Appealing first instance asylum decisions 4.2.1. Adapting the organisation of courts and tribunals 4.2.2. Continuing to ensure applicants’ rights and obligations at second or higher instances 4.2.3. Changes in the implementation of procedures at second or higher instances Box 3: Focus on jurisprudence related to international protection Section 5. Rethinking reception 5.1. Revising the organisation of national reception systems 5.2. Standards and safeguards for applicants in reception 5.3. Limitations on applicants’ freedom of movement and detention Box 4: Towards enhanced preparedness, contingency planning and crisis response Section 6. Responsibility for an application for international protection Section 7. Harmonised approach for resettlement and humanitarian admission 7.1. Data on implementing pledges 7.2. National commitments for 2024-2025 Box 5: Changes for efficient and fair return procedures Section 8. Rights of beneficiaries of international protection for inclusion and integration Box 6: Temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine Section 9. Safeguards for children and applicants with special needs Section 10. EUAA support in 2024 Concluding remarks Country overviews Sources on Asylum 2025 Reader’s guide Annex. Statistical tables Citation Please cite as: EUAA, ' Sources on Asylum 2025' in Asylum Report 2025, June 2025. Copy Share Print Document Click here to download PDF file preview Book traversal links for Sources on Asylum 2025 Previous Parent Next
