1. When the Commission assesses the overall migratory situation, or whether a Member State is under migratory pressure, at risk of migratory pressure or confronted with a significant migratory situation, it shall use the Report referred to in Article 9 and take into account any further information pursuant to Article 9(3), point (a).
2. The Commission shall also take into account the following:
(a) the information presented by the Member State concerned, including the estimation of its needs and capacity and its preparedness measures and any additional relevant information provided in the national strategy referred to in Article 7;
(b) the level of cooperation on migration as well as in the area of return and readmission, including by taking into account the annual report in accordance with Article 25a of of the European Parliament and of the Council (36) , with third countries of origin and transit, first countries of asylum, and safe third countries as defined in ;
(c) the geopolitical situation in relevant third countries as well as the root causes of migration and possible situations of instrumentalisation of migrants and possible developments in the area of irregular arrivals through external borders of Member States that might affect migratory movements;
(d) the relevant recommendations provided for in Article 20 of , Article 15 of and Article 32(7) of ;
(e) information gathered pursuant to ;
(f) the Integrated Situational Awareness and Analysis reports under Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1993 (37) , provided that the Integrated Political Crisis Response is activated or the Migration Situational Awareness and Analysis report issued under the first stage of the EU mechanism for preparedness and management of crises related to migration, when the Integrated Political Crisis Response is not activated;
(g) information from the visa liberalisation reporting process and dialogues with third countries;
(h) quarterly bulletins on migration, and other reports, of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights;
(i) the support provided by Union bodies, offices and agencies to the Member States;
(j) relevant parts of the vulnerability assessment report referred to in Article 32 of ;
(k) scale and trends of unauthorised movements of third-country nationals or stateless persons between Member States building on the available information from the relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies and data analysis from relevant information systems.
3. In addition, in order to assess whether a Member State is facing a significant migratory situation, the Commission shall take into account the cumulative effect of current and previous annual arrivals of third-country nationals or stateless persons.
36. Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code) (OJ L 243, 15.9.2009, p. 1). ↩︎
37. Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1993 of 11 December 2018 on the EU Integrated Political Crisis Response Arrangements (OJ L 320, 17.12.2018, p. 28). ↩︎