Skip to main content

Publications

Guidance on membership of a particular social group

This practical tool aims to support Member States in applying the concept of membership of particular social group (MPSG) as one of the 1951 Geneva Convention grounds of persecution in the examination process of applications for international protection.

Download

Guidance on asylum procedure

EASO Guidance on asylum procedure: operational standards and indicators

This guidance aims to support Member States in the practical implementation of key provisions of the Asylum Procedures Directive to achieve fair and effective asylum procedures and to strengthen the CEAS at an operational level.

Download

Quality Assurance Tool: Examining the application - Assessment Form: Personal Interview

This tool provide EU+ countries with a common framework for internal quality assessment and assurance of applications for international protection in the context of the substantive personal interview.
Download

Quality Assurance Tool: Examining the application for international protection

EASO Quality Assurance Tool: Examining the application for international protection

This tool provide EU+ countries with a common framework for internal quality assessment and assurance of applications for international protection.

Download

Quality Assurance Tool: Examining the application - Assessment Form: First-instance Decision

This tool provide EU+ countries with a common framework for internal quality assessment and assurance of applications for international protection in the context of the first instance decision.

Download

Practical guide: Qualification for international protection

This practical guide intends to assist case officers and decision-makers in the examination of applications for international protection and application of the legal criteria on who qualifies for international protection, referring to both refugee status and subsidiary protection.

Download View eBook

Practical guide: Qualification for international protection - Flowchart poster for practitioners

This practical guide intends to assist case officers and decision-makers in the examination of applications for international protection and application of the legal criteria on who qualifies for international protection, referring to both refugee status and subsidiary protection.

Download

Practical guide: Evidence assessment

This guide is designed in a similar way to the Practical guide: Personal interview. It is intended to provide support for the daily work of case officers and addresses the challenging tasks related to evidence assessment: gathering information, credibility assessment, risk assessment.

Download