EASO Newsletter

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HIGHLIGHTS

• Welcome to the second Issue of the EASO Newsletter 
• Meet Dr. David Costello, Chair of EASO’s Management Board
• The EASO Asylum Report 2020: The trusted source of information on asylum in Europe

EASO NEWS

• Record low number of asylum applications lodged in Europe
• Over 35,000 EU asylum officials trained by EASO - New approach in training design and delivery during COVID-19

RECENT ACTIVITIES & DEVELOPMENTS

• EASO’s support to the Specialised Sections of Tribunals in Italy
• EASO in Italy: an overview of the activities and results achieved in 2019 
• How COVID-19 has affected operations and the way forward to the “new normal”
• Keeping EASO Resettlement Operations active
• EASO’s cooperation with Egyptian authorities - What’s new
• EASO-Turkey - a cooperation focusing on matters related to asylum
• EASO practical recommendations on remote personal interviews 
• Maria and Maya, EASO Field Support Officers in Greece, are sharing their experience of working with EASO operations
• New EASO animation on Unaccompanied Minors
• Happy Birthday EASO!
  A decade since the adoption of the founding Regulation 

EASO IN THE PRESS

• Euronews.com: A happy ending to the "odyssey" of a 10-year-old unaccompanied - 12 refugee children leave for Luxembourg - This was followed by the determination of the process of assessing and determining the best interests of children by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the European Asylum Support Service (EASO).
• Spiegel.de: The number of asylum applications in the corona crisis fell significantly - According to the European asylum authority Easo, 43 percent fewer applications were registered in March than in February.

SOCIAL MEDIA

• In 2019, most #asylum applicants in the EU+ were Syrians (80 205; 11%), Afghans (60 700; 8.2%) and Venezuelans (45 645; 6.2%). Read the #EASOAsylumReport2020 here https://europa.eu/!xk86vC #EASO 
• #EASO cautions that #COVID19 could result in increased #asylum-related #migration. Read our Special Report on Asylum Trends and COVID-19 here https://europa.eu/!wT97MM. See press release https://europa.eu/!Hq63rC #EASOAsylumTrends 

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