EASO journalist network meeting and Launch of the EASO Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the EU 2015, Brussels - Main contents
External relations and foreign affairs,
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) will organise the annual journalist network meeting together with a presentation of its yearly reference report: The annual report on the situation of asylum in the European Union and information on the latest asylum trends (2016).
The report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the situation of asylum in the EU+ (EU Member States plus Norway and Switzerland) by examining requests for international protection to the EU, analysing application and decision data, and focusing on some of the most important countries of origin of applicants for international protection.
This meeting will also provide an opportunity to discuss and present EASO’s activities and operational work in the context of the hotspots and a presentation on the draft Regulation setting up a European Union Asylum Agency.