Safe Country of Origin – EU Migration Pact information

Annex II

The following third countries are designated as safe countries of origin at Union level: BangladeshColombiaEgyptIndiaKosovo (*1)MoroccoTunisia (*1) This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

Procedures Regulation:
Article 63 – Suspension and removal of the designation of a third country as a safe third country or as a safe country of origin at Union level

1. In the event of significant changes in the situation of a third country which is designated as a safe third country or as a safe country of origin at Union level, the Commission shall conduct a substantiated assessment of the fulfilment by that third country of the conditions set out in Article 59 or […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 55

The examination of an application should be accelerated and completed within a maximum of three months in a limited number of cases including where an applicant comes from a safe country of origin or an applicant is making an application merely to delay or frustrate the enforcement of a removal decision, or where there are […]

Procedures Regulation:
Article 64 – Designation of third countries as safe third country or safe country of origin at national level

1. Member States may retain or introduce legislation that allows for the national designation of safe third countries or safe countries of origin other than those designated at Union level for the purpose of examining applications for international protection. 2. Where the designation of a third country as a safe third country or as a […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 56

In the interest of swift and fair procedures for all applicants, whilst also ensuring that the stay of applicants who do not qualify for international protection in the Union is not unduly prolonged, including those who are nationals of third countries exempt from the requirement to be in a possession of a visa pursuant to […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 60

Member States should assess applications in a border procedure where the applicant is a danger to national security or public order, where the applicant, after having been provided with the full opportunity to show good cause, is considered to have intentionally misled the authorities by presenting false information or documents or by withholding relevant information […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 79

A key consideration as to whether an application for international protection is well-founded is the safety of the applicant in his or her country of origin. Having regard to the fact that aims to achieve a high level of convergence on the qualification of third-country nationals and stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, this […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 80

It should be possible to designate a third country as safe country of origin with exceptions for specific parts of its territory or clearly identifiable categories of persons. In addition, the fact that a third country is included in a list of safe countries of origin cannot establish an absolute guarantee of safety for nationals […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 81

The designation of safe countries of origin and safe third countries at Union level should address some of the existing divergences between Member States’ national lists of safe countries. While Member States should retain the right to apply or introduce legislation that allows for the national designation of third countries other than those designated as […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 82

The Commission, assisted by the Asylum Agency, should review the situation in third countries designated as safe third countries or safe countries of origin at Union level. Where there is a significant change for the worse in the situation of such a third country and following a substantiated assessment, the Commission should be able to […]