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In 2022, an article was published in the press regarding an anonymous letter alleging irregularities in the management of the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA). The Executive Director, Nina Gregori, and the Senior Management of the EUAA, strongly refuted all allegations of irregularities mentioned in this anonymous letter. 

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) opened an investigation in this respect and the EUAA fully collaborated with OLAF and other control bodies. 

At the end of 2024, OLAF sent their Final Report and Recommendations to the Chair of the EUAA Management Board.

The EUAA Management Board is composed of 29 members from all EU Members States (27) and European Commission (2), and has the duty to supervise and ensure that the Agency’s functions are in full compliance with the principle of transparency, good governance, and efficiency. 

In this role, the EUAA Management Board collectively examined all the information at their disposal, paying due attention to the context and circumstances, the explanations provided and the applicable legal framework. The Management Board also recognised that the concerns raised in the anonymous letter had largely already been checked by the European Courts of Auditors, the Internal Audit Service of the European Commission and the European Ombudsman and were already appropriately addressed.

The EUAA Management Board has decided not to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the EUAA Executive Director, or any other staff in the Agency, but to avail itself of the possibility set out in Article 3(1)(b) of Annex 9 of the Staff Regulations, together with recommendations, in a letter, to ensure that the efficiency of certain procedures will be further increased, and the overall Human Resources administration will be more broadly strengthened.

With that, this case is officially closed. 

The EUAA and its Executive Director respect the decision of the Management Board and will address any identified recommendations for further improvement. The EUAA will continue delivering on its mandate at a critical time when the Agency’s products, services, and support to Member States have become crucial as preparations intensify for the entry into application of the Pact on Migration and Asylum in June 2026.