Home Asylum Report 2026 Section 5. Reception of applicants for international protection 5.2. Managing reception needs Table of contents Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Acronyms and abbreviations Section 1. Introduction Section 2. Major developments in asylum in the European Union in 2025 2.1. Asylum and migration on the EU policy agenda 2.2. Preparing for the practical implementation of the Pact 2.3. Complementing the legislative framework 2.4. Enhancing border management 2.5. External dimension of the EU’s asylum policy 2.6. EU solidarity with Ukraine Section 3. Managing access to international protection 3.1. Eurodac system 3.2. Managing migration at external borders 3.3. Access to territory and the asylum procedure 3.4. Data on applications for international protection 3.5. Relative pressure related to asylum in EU+ countries Section 4. Initiatives for more streamlined and harmonised asylum procedures 4.1. Making asylum systems more resilient 4.2. Ensuring applicants’ rights and obligations Box 1. Identifying statelessness in the asylum context 4.3. Examining the admissibility of an application and applying special procedures and safe country concepts 4.4. Managing caseloads and assessing applications for international protection Box 2. Focus on jurisprudence related to international protection Section 5. Reception of applicants for international protection 5.1. Implementing Pact provisions in reception systems 5.2. Managing reception needs 5.2.1. Adjusting reception capacities 5.2.2. Standards and safeguards for applicants 5.3. Detention of applicants for international protection Section 6. Responsibility for an application for international protection Section 7. Harmonised approach for resettlement and humanitarian admission 7.1. Resettlement and humanitarian admission at the national level 7.2. Challenges in the area of resettlement Box 3. Changes for efficient and fair return procedures Section 8. Rights of beneficiaries of international protection for inclusion and integration Box 4. Temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine Section 9. Safeguards for children and applicants with special needs Section 10. EUAA support in 2025 Concluding remarks Country overviews Reader’s guide Annex. Statistical tables Print 5.2.1. Adjusting reception capacities Read more... 5.2.2 Standards and safeguards for applicants Read more... Book traversal links for Asylum Report 2026 Previous Parent Next
