EMN Annual Reports on Migration and Asylum

The report offers a comprehensive overview of the most significant legal and policy developments and statistical trends in the field of migration and asylum that occurred in the 30 EMN Member and Observer Countries in 2023. At the EU level, the most significant development was the political agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the Pact on Migration and Asylum, which was thereafter adopted in 2024. Other key topics covered include e.g. responses to the increase in irregular migration and international protection applications, measures supporting temporary protection for Ukrainian nationals, digitalisation efforts to enhance administrative efficiency during migration processes and initiatives addressing labour market needs and social integration.

The report offers a comprehensive overview of the key developments in the area of migration and asylum in the EMN Member and Observer Countries in 2022. The event that has distinctly defined this period was the invasion of the Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The report contains a chapter dedicated to the response to the war in Ukraine. Among others, the topics range from legal migration and international protection to citizenship and statelessness, including trafficking in human beings as well as migration and development cooperation.

The report provides a comprehensive overview of the developments and situation in the area of migration and asylum in the EU Member States, Norway and for the first time also in Georgia in 2021. It provides available statistical data, too. Topics range from legal migration and integration to border control and return of third-country nationals. The report presents an overview of measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic across all of the migration areas. It also describes measures taken as a reaction to the crisis at the Belarus border and the fall of the Afghan government which resulted in an increased influx of migrants and refugees.

The report informs about the most significant policy and legislative developments, as well as public debates, in the field of migration and international protection which occurred in the EU, its Member States and Norway during the year 2020. It also contains relevant statistical data, with the focus on third-country nationals. Topics range from legal migration and integration to border control and return of third-country nationals, and the report presents a comprehensive overview of developments implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic across all of these migration areas. Measures introduced in response to the departure of the United Kingdom from the EU are also included. The report for the Slovak Republic describes national developments which are put in the context of EU legislation and policies.

The report informs about the most significant political and legislative developments, as well as public debates, in the fields of migration and asylum which occurred in the EU, its Member States and Norway during the year 2019, with the focus on third-country nationals rather than EU nationals. It also contains relevant statistical data. 

The report informs about the most significant political and legislative developments, as well as public debates, in the fields of migration and asylum which occurred in the EU, its Member States and Norway during the year 2018, with the focus on third-country nationals rather than EU nationals. It also contains relevant statistical data. The report for the Slovak Republic describes national developments and put them in the context of the EU policies and legislation.

The report informs about the most significant political and legislative developments, as well as public debates, in the fields of migration and asylum which occurred in the EU, its Member States and Norway during the year 2017, with the focus on third-country nationals rather than EU nationals. It also contains relevant statistical data. The report for the Slovak Republic describes national developments and put them in the context of the EU policies and legislation.

The report informs about the most significant political and legislative developments, as well as public debates, in the fields of migration and asylum which occurred in the EU, its Member States and Norway during the year 2016, with the focus on third-country nationals rather than EU nationals. It also contains relevant statistical data. The report for the Slovak Republic describes national developments and put them in the context of the EU policies and legislation.