Implementation of Safe Country Concepts

Tables 1, 2 and 3 present information that is available on countries applying safe country concepts.

Table 1 presents the national lists of safe countries of origin and Table 3 presents the national lists of safe third countries. The information is presented alphabetically by country of origin/third country (rows) and by reporting EU+ country (columns). The blue squares indicate the designation of the country of origin/third country as safe.

Information in the tables also indicates the total number of EU+ countries which have designated the country of origin/third country as safe, and the total number of countries included in the national lists. EU Member States designated as safe are not taken into account in the count.

Table 2 provides an overview of EU+ countries that implement exceptions to the safe country of origin concept based on geographical areas or specific applicant profiles from a given country of origin.