| ACSG | | Asylum Capacity Support Group |
| AVRR | | Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme |
| AWAS | | Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers |
| AZC | | Asylum seekers’ centre in the Netherlands (asielzoekerscentrum) |
| BBU | | Federal Agency for Care and Assistance Services in Austria (Bundesagentur für Betreuungs- und Unterstützungsleistungen) |
| BVMN | | Border Violence Monitoring Network |
| CALL | | Council for Alien Law Litigation in Belgium |
| CAT | | UN Committee against Torture |
| CEAS | | Common European Asylum System |
| CEDAW | | United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women |
| CEF | | Episcopal Conference of France |
| CEPOL | | EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training |
| CGRS | | Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons in Belgium |
| CIR | | Republican Integration Contract in France |
| CJEU | | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| COA | | Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers) |
| COI | | Country of origin information |
| CPH | | Temporary accommodation centres in France |
| CPT | | European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| DPAR | | Measures assisted returns in France (dispositifs de préparation de l’aide au retour) |
| DT&V | | Repatriation and Departure Service in the Netherlands |
| EASO | | European Asylum Support Office |
| ECHR | | European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECtHR | | European Court of Human Rights |
| ECRE | | European Council on Refugees and Exiles |
| EDAL | | European Database of Asylum Law |
| EEAS | | European External Action Service |
| EIGE | | European Institute for Gender Equality |
| EMCDDA | | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction |
| EMN | | European Migration Network |
| ENS | | European Network on Statelessness |
| EPS | | EASO’s Early Warning and Preparedness System |
| EQPR | | European Qualifications Passport for Refugees |
| ETCC | | Employer Tailored Chain Cooperation |
| EU+ | | European Union Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland |
| eu-LISA | | European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice |
| EUAA | | EU Asylum Agency |
| Eurojust | | EU Judicial Cooperation Agency |
| Europol | | European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation |
| Fedasil | | Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers in Belgium |
| FEP | | Protestant Federation of Mutual Aid |
| FGM | | Female genital mutilation |
| FRA | | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights |
| Frontex | | European Border and Coast Guard Agency |
| GDP | | Gross domestic product |
| GRETA | | Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings |
| GRSI | | Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative |
| ICC | | Inter-Cultural Cities programme |
| ICCPR | | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICMC | | International Catholic Migration Commission |
| ICMPD | | International Centre for Migration Policy Development |
| IDMC | | Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre |
| IDP | | Internally displaced person |
| IGAD | | Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
| IGI-DAI | | General Inspectorate for Immigration–Asylum and Integration Directorate in Romania |
| IOM | | International Organization for Migration |
| IPSN | | Identification of Persons with Special Needs |
| IRPP | | Irish Refugee Protection Programme |
| JHA | | European Union Justice and Home Affairs |
| JRS | | Jesuit Refugee Service |
| KIS | | Knowledge Platform on Integration in Netherlands (Kennisplatform Integratie & Samenleving) |
| LBGTI | | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender and intersex |
| MENA | | Middle East and North African |
| MIRPS | | Comprehensive Regional Framework for Protection and Solutions in Central America and Mexico |
| MPI | | Migration Policy Institute |
| OAU | | Organization of African Unity |
| OFII | | Office Français de l’Immigration et Intégration in France |
| ONA | | Office national de l’accueil in Luxembourg |
| PFI | | Push Factor Index82 |
| POL | | Process reception centres in the Netherlands (processopvanglocatie) |
| REVIS | | Law on social inclusion income in Luxembourg |
| SCIFA | | Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum |
| SEM | | Swiss State Secretariat for Migration |
| SIPRIOMI | | Protection System for Beneficiaries of International Protection and Unaccompanied Foreign Minors in Italy |
| SOGI | | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| SRA | | Specific Residence Authorisation in Malta |
| SSAR | | Support Platform for the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees |
| TFEU | | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| THB | | Trafficking in human beings |
| UNCRC | | United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child |
| UNHCR | | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| Vw | | Dutch Aliens Act (Vreemdelingenwet) |
| WODC | | Dutch Scientific Research and Documentation Centre |
