Close Menu
    Latest Category
    • Finance
    • Tech
    • EU Law
    • Energy
    • About
    • Contact
    EUbusiness.com | EU news, business and politicsEUbusiness.com | EU news, business and politics
    Login
    • EU News
    • Focus
    • Guides
    • Press
    • Jobs
    • Events
    • Directory
    EUbusiness.com | EU news, business and politicsEUbusiness.com | EU news, business and politics
    Home » EU’s new, reinforced agency for asylum starts work

    EU’s new, reinforced agency for asylum starts work

    npsBy nps19 January 2022 No Comments2 Mins Read
    — Filed under: EU News Headline humanitarian aid immigration
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email
    EU's new, reinforced agency for asylum starts work

    Refugees

    (VALLETTA) – The new European Union Agency for Asylum started work Wednesday with its reinforced mandate, with the aim of speeding up asylum decisions and converging reception standards across the EU.

    The agency is expected to help ensure that asylum decisions are taken in a fast and fair manner and that reception standards converge across the EU, bringing more uniformity in decision making and alignment between Member States’ asylum systems.

    Building on the experience of the previous European Asylum Support Office, the new agency will have a reinforced mandate that will contribute to:

    • More efficient asylum systems through greater operational and technical support to Member States, including training (with particular emphasis on reception conditions), preparedness, information analysis, and exchange of information.
    • Improved assistance: A reserve of 500 experts including case handlers, interpreters or reception specialists will be ready to be deployed rapidly as part of asylum support teams at the request of Member States. Agency experts will have the mandate to prepare the entire administrative asylum procedure for decision by national authorities, and offer assistance in the appeal stage.
    • Uniform, high-quality decision-making by developing operational standards, guidelines and best practices for the implementation of Union law on asylum.
    • Greater convergence in the recognition rates by developing country guidance on countries of origin which Member States should take into account when assessing asylum applications.
    • Better monitoring and reporting on Member States’ asylum and reception systems, to be developed in the future, allowing the Agency to monitor the operational and technical application of EU asylum law to ensure more consistent practices throughout Europe, fully in line with EU law.
    • Capacity building in non-EU countries to improve asylum and reception systems and support EU and Member State resettlement schemes, building on the existing cooperation with UN agencies.
    • An independent Fundamental Rights Officer and a new complaints mechanism will ensure the safeguard of asylum applicants’ rights.

    The new agency will receive €172 million of EU funds in 2022 and will launch 8 operations (in Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Spain) supporting asylum and reception authorities in Member States with almost 2,000 personnel.

    New Pact on Migration and Asylum

    European Union Agency for Asylum website

    Add A Comment
    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    You must be logged in to post a comment.

    nps
    • Website

    Related Content

    Danish presidency decorations - Photo © European Union 2025

    New Danish EU presidency aims to deliver on security and competitiveness

    Euro - ECB-Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash

    Eurozone investor sentiment remains upbeat – Euro currency news daily

    Van driver - Photo by Kampus Production on Pexels

    Risk Management Strategies for Your Delivery Business

    Accessibility - Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels

    EU accessibility act into force for key digital products

    Christophe Hansen - Photo © European Union 2025

    EU agrees new trade deal with Ukraine

    Space satellites - Photo by Kevin Stadnyk on Unsplash

    EU cuts red tape in space

    LATEST EU NEWS
    Danish presidency decorations - Photo © European Union 2025

    New Danish EU presidency aims to deliver on security and competitiveness

    1 July 2025
    Euro - ECB-Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash

    Eurozone investor sentiment remains upbeat – Euro currency news daily

    1 July 2025
    Accessibility - Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels

    EU accessibility act into force for key digital products

    30 June 2025
    Christophe Hansen - Photo © European Union 2025

    EU agrees new trade deal with Ukraine

    30 June 2025
    Space satellites - Photo by Kevin Stadnyk on Unsplash

    EU cuts red tape in space

    30 June 2025

    Subscribe to EUbusiness Week

    Get the latest EU news

    CONTACT INFO

    • EUbusiness Ltd 117 High Street, Chesham Buckinghamshire, HP5 1DE United Kingdom
    • +44(0)20 8058 8232
    • service@eubusiness.com

    INFORMATION

    • About Us
    • Advertising
    • Contact Info

    Services

    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms
    • EU News

    SOCIAL MEDIA

    Facebook
    eubusiness.com © EUbusiness Ltd 2025

    Design and developed by : 

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.

    Sign In or Register

    Welcome Back!

    Login to your account below.

    Lost password?