Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2020

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.