EU Asylum Legislation and Policy
The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) plays an integral role in helping EU Member States apply the package of EU laws that comprise the Common European Asylum System (CEAS).
The CEAS establishes the legally binding rules and procedures that Member States must follow to guarantee that the rights of applicants for international protection are fully respected in Europe, in accordance with the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto.
On this page, you can learn more about the legal basis for the Agency’s work as well as consult the different laws that make up the EU’s legislation in the area of international protection. Other key texts, including those governing the EU’s most important migration management processes, as well as the Geneva Convention itself, can also be consulted here.
Legal Basis:
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Regulation (EU) 2021/2303 establishing the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) and repealing the European Asylum Support Office.
- Council Decision 2010/762/EU establishing the Seat of the Agency, in Valletta, Malta.