Legislation
Key legal documents
- EU regulation 862/2007 on community statistics on migration and international protection, amended by EU regulation 2020/851
- EU decision 2021/431 granting derogations to certain Member States from EU regulation 862/2007
Additional legal acts
A further number of European legal acts in the area of asylum and migration policy are relevant for the compilation and reporting of Asylum and Dublin statistics:
- EU directive 2011/95 (qualification directive) on standards for the qualification of non-EU nationals and stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection
- EU directive 2013/32 (asylum procedures directive) on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection
- EU directive 2013/33 (reception conditions directive) laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection
- EU regulation 604/2013 (Dublin regulation) establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or stateless person
- EU regulation 603/2013 (Eurodac regulation) on the access to the EU fingerprint database of asylum seekers
- EU directive 2001/55 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof
- EU decision 2022/382 establishing the existence of a mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine within the meaning of Article 5 of EU directive 2001/55
For the full list of legislative acts, please visit the e-library of the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME).