EASO and IOM sign Working Arrangement
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have established a formal cooperation framework to guide the relevant areas of common work in the fields of international protection and migration management.
22nd July 2019 Read MoreEASO and Frontex sign updated Cooperation Plan
Today the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), strengthened their cooperation in their respective work on asylum, border control and migration management.
18th July 2019 Read More32 EuroMed journalists selected for Migration Media Award
Mentoring and financial support granted to support evidence based reporting on migration.
2nd July 2019 Read MoreApplications for asylum down to pre-crisis levels in 2018, but number of pending cases remains high
Asylum applications in the EU+ decreased for the third consecutive year in 2018, returning to pre-crisis levels. Despite an increase in applications in the first five months of 2019, it remains too early to be indicative of a significant long-term shift in recent trends.
24th June 2019 Read MoreNina Gregori takes up duties as Executive Director of EASO
New Executive Director committed to a forward-looking approach and to sustaining the progress made by the Agency over the past year.
17th June 2019 Read MoreNationals of countries with visa-free access lodge over a quarter of asylum applications in EU+
Applications for international protection from Latin American countries continue to increase.
14th May 2019 Read MoreLatin-American nationals lodge record numbers of asylum applications in February 2019
Venezuelans were the second most common applicants in the EU+.
15th April 2019 Read MoreAsylum applications in EU+ remain broadly stable despite spike in January
Despite a higher-than-average number of monthly applications and stock of cases awaiting a first-instance decisions registered in the first month of 2019, figures remain in-line with lower recent trends and fluctuations.
12th March 2019 Read MoreEASO Management Board welcomes strengthening of Agency's good governance
The 31st meeting of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) Management Board was held in Malta on 18-19 February 2019. The meeting, which focussed heavily on administrative and governance matters, welcomed the strong progress that has been made by the Agency over the past few months in implementing an ambitious set of reforms contained in its Governance Action Plan.
19th February 2019 Read MoreEASO Management Board selects new Executive Director and elects new Chairperson
The 31st meeting of the European Asylum Support Office’s (EASO) Management Board has selected Ms. Nina Gregori to be the new Executive Director of the Agency. At the same meeting, the Board elected as its new Chairperson, Dr. David Costello, Member of the Board from Ireland, following the end of Mag. Wolfgang Taucher’s term in January 2019. The Management Board also elected Mr. Mikael Ribbenvik as the new Deputy Chairperson.
18th February 2019 Read More