- Introduction
- Executive Summary
- 1. Major Developments in 2018 at EU Level
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2. International Protection in the EU+
- 2.1. Applications for international protection in the EU+
- 2.2. Withdrawn applications
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2.3. Asylum decisions: First instance decisions
- 2.3.1 Asylum decisions at first instance – EU+ overview
- 2.3.2 Asylum decisions at first instance per citizenship of origin
- 2.3.3 Asylum decisions at first instance per EU+ country
- 2.3.4 Recognition rate
- 2.3.5 Recognition rate by country of origin
- 2.3.6 Special procedures: admissibility, border and accelerated procedures
- 2.4. Asylum decisions: Second and higher instance
- 2.5. Pending cases awaiting a final decision
- 2.6. Dublin system
- 3. Important developments at the national level
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4.The functioning of the CEAS: Developments and case law in key areas
- 4.1. Access to procedure
- 4.2. Access to information and legal assistance
- 4.3 Providing interpretation services
- 4.4. Special procedures: admissibility, border and accelerated procedures
- 4.5. Procedures at first instance
- 4.6. Reception of applicants for international protection
- 4.7. Detention
- 4.8. Procedures at second instance
- 4.9. Country of origin information
- 4.10. Vulnerable applicants
- 4.11. Content of protection
- 4.12 Return
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Statistical annex
- List of figures and maps
- Bibliography
2.1. Applications for international protection in the EU+
2.1.1 Applications: EU+ overview
2.1.2 Applications for international protection per citizenship of origin
2.1.3 Applications for international protection per EU+ country
2.1.4 Main asylum flows combining citizenships and receiving countries
2.2. Withdrawn applications
2.2.1 Withdrawn applications: EU+ overview
2.2.2 Withdrawn applications by citizenship of origin
2.2.3 Withdrawn applications by EU+ country
2.3. Asylum decisions – First instance decisions
2.3.1 Asylum decisions at first instance – EU+ overview
2.3.2 Asylum decisions at first instance per citizenship of origin
2.3.3 Asylum decisions at first instance per EU+ country
2.3.4 Recognition rate
2.3.5 Recognition rate by country of origin
2.3.6 Special procedures: admissibility, border and accelerated procedures
2.4. Asylum decisions – Second and higher instance
2.4.1 Decisions at second and higher instances: EU+ overview
2.4.2. Decisions at second and higher instances per citizenship of origin
2.4.3 Decisions at second and higher instances per EU+ country
2.4.4 Recognition rate at second and higher instances by country of origin
2.5 Pending cases awaiting a final decision
2.5.1 Pending cases: EU+ overview
2.5.2 Pending cases per citizenship of origin
2.5.3 Pending cases per EU+ country
2.6. Dublin system
For the functioning of the Dublin system in 2018, a number of developments can be reported on the basis of EASO data, which indicated an overall decrease in the number of decisions in Dublin requests by 5 %. Moreover, 28 EU+ countries regularly exchanged data on the decisions they received on their outgoing Dublin requests in 2018. Read more...