EU Agency for Asylum - EUAA

The EUAA has published two Country of Origin Information reports on Somalia 🇸🇴; one examining the country's volatile security situation and the other on the challenges faced by internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mogadishu.

The report highlights that:

🔷 Following a renewed cycle of political violence since April 2025, Somalia recorded its highest number of fatalities and security incidents in comparison with the previous three years.

🔷 At the same time, Mogadishu remained the largest displacement hub in Somalia, hosting more than 1.1 million internally displaced persons.

🔷 The report finds that displacement intersects with marginalisation, minority status, and gender-related vulnerabilities.

🔷 Most IDPs in Mogadishu belong to minority clans, minority groups, and racialised minorities. Many face barriers to obtaining identity documents and are disproportionately represented in the city's prison population.

The information will help EU+ case officers to accurately assess asylum applications lodged by Somali citizens.

💻 Find out more at: https://www.euaa.europa.eu/news-events/somalia-reports-highlight-countrys-volatile-security-situation-and-predicament-internally-displaced-persons-mogadishu

The seamless partnership between the EU Agency for Asylum - EUAA 🇪🇺 and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency 🇺🇳 is essential to both our agencies. By cooperating effectively and coordinating our work, our combined efforts can have a greater impact in protecting those in need than the sum of us working individually.

This was the spirit of the very productive consultations the EUAA’s Executive Director, Nina Gregori, and some of the Agency’s management team, had with Philippe Leclerc, Elizabeth Tan, Jean-Nicolas Beuze and Emilie Wiinblad Mathez last Friday in Geneva. Ms Gregori also met separately with UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Ruvendrini Menikdiwela.

The relationship between the EUAA and UNHCR has gone from strength to strength over the past years, and now ranges across many facets of our work, from operations to technical support and capacity building in non-EU countries.

Naturally, one of the points of focus of the Senior Managers’ Consultations and the meeting with Ms Menikdiwela were the final preparations for the entry into application of the Pact on Migration and Asylum next month. However, discussions covered many other topics as well, such as the impact of regional instability on asylum trends as well as how our two agencies can mitigate resource challenges by continuing to improve our coordination.

The EUAA looks forward to building on the fruitful conversations in the months to come.

The EUAA greatly appreciates the contributions of Croatia 🇭🇷 to its operational deployments in various Member States. It is a tangible example of what we mean when we talk about solidarity in the Common European Asylum System (CEAS).

The Executive Director, Nina Gregori, was happy to have a positive and broad-ranging discussion with senior colleagues from the Croatian asylum, reception and border authorities earlier this Wednesday, as well as separately on Monday. It is important for the Agency to understand the specifics of the challenges and efforts of each country in order to tailor our support efforts.

Croatia has seen 124 officials trained by the Agency so far since 2013; an impressive figure which demonstrates the country’s commitment to improving efficiencies in its international protection system, while also ensuring high level quality.

As the 🇪🇺 gets ready for the entry into application of the new Pact for Migration and Asylum next month, she emphasised our steadfast work to assist Croatia and all Member States so that their asylum systems are future-proofed as much as possible in these uncertain times.

Lastly, just as Ms Gregori had introduced the EUAA’s new liaison officer, Giulia Foghin, to Minister Božinović earlier in the week, she was pleased to do the same with the colleagues, with whom she will be working very closely in the months and years to come.

📖 The EUAA has published a Country of Origin Report on Pakistan 🇵🇰.

➡️ The Report highlights an increasingly volatile security situation in the country, exacerbated by economic turmoil and political instability.

📋 The information will help EU+ case officers to accurately assess asylum applications lodged by Pakistani citizens.

Find out more at: https://www.euaa.europa.eu/news-events/pakistan-euaa-coi-report-highlights-human-rights-violations

While the number of arrivals and asylum applications in the Mediterranean region have decreased over the past year, it still remains an area where national authorities face pressures. Several Mediterranean countries still face high challenges across all parts of their asylum systems.

The EUAA’s Executive Director, Nina Gregori, attended the MED 9 Conference of Ministers in Rovinj, Croatia 🇭🇷 over these two days. In her remarks, she informed ministers that while overall asylum applications in the 🇪🇺 have decreased, Mediterranean countries remain amongst the top recipients. The situation is further complicated by volatility due to current geopolitical dynamics around Europe.

She stressed that preparedness and flexibility are therefore paramount, and that the upcoming entry into effect of the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum are key in being ready for unexpected developments. The EUAA is assisting all Member States in getting ready, while at the same time assisting many of the MED 9 operationally with their asylum and reception systems, with personnel deployed in 🇨🇾 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇹 🇪🇸 (5 of the 9).

The Executive Director also met separately with Davor Božinović, Minister of the Interior of Croatia. They discussed the state of play in the country and preparations that are underway for the entry in effect of the Pact in less than a month. She was pleased to learn about the ongoing efforts being made and the European approach underpinning this work, and reiterated the EUAA’s commitment to the Croatian authorities.

Finally, Ms Gregori introduced the Agency’s new Liaison Officer to Croatia, Giulia Foghin, who will act to further strengthen our collaboration and ongoing contacts. This development will serve to ensure that the EUAA is always there for the Croatian authorities whenever needed.

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Ahead of 🇪🇺, our staff was delighted to be in Valletta 🇲🇹 today, to speak to visitors about the European project and our support to EU countries to foster a Common European Asylum System; so that Europe can become a space where applications will be handled in a similar way regardless of where one applies, and those in genuine need of international protection can receive it.

The Head of the EUAA’s Operational Support Centre visited Dublin this week, to meet with the Department of Justice Ireland and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal.

During the visit, he received updates on the recently signed International Protection Act as well as on the progressive setting up of the new Tribunal for Asylum and Returns Appeals, as part of 🇮🇪 Ireland’s implementation of the Pact on and .

The Head of the Operational Support Centre also met with the International Protection Appeals Tribunal to review ongoing activities and jointly discuss next steps.

The Agency has been supporting the Irish authorities since September 2025 with the processing of international protection appeals and the provision of interpretation services for hard-to-source languages. Currently around 25 EUAA personnel are deployed. The Agency has supported the appeals process in over 650 cases so far.

🇪🇺 Member States are getting ready to implement the Pact on and ! Last week, as part of Romania’s 🇷🇴 preparedness work, the Agency took part in the ‘Danubius Galatiensis 26’ exercise, organised with the support of International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).

We helped the Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrari and the Poliția Română de Frontieră test the National Emergency Plan in the field of Asylum and Reception; including their ability to respond in a coordinated manner at the EU’s external border, should Romania’s reception or processing capacity come under pressure.

Several European and international partners including Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agencyx, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, IOM - UN Migration and the Department of Justice Ireland were present to observe the exercise as well.