Safe Third Country Archives - Page 2 of 3 - EU Migration Pact information

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 52

In order for Member States to be able to reject an application as inadmissible on the basis of the concepts of first country of asylum or safe third country, an individual assessment of the particular circumstances of the applicant should be carried out, including of any elements submitted by the applicant explaining why those concepts […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 53

An application should not be rejected as inadmissible on the basis of the concepts of first country of asylum or safe third country where it is already clear at the stage of the admissibility examination that the third country concerned will not admit or readmit the applicant. Furthermore, if the applicant is eventually not admitted […]

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 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 […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 83

The Commission should continuously review the situation in that third country taking into account inter alia information provided by the Member States and the Asylum Agency regarding subsequent changes in the situation of that third country. Moreover, in this case, the Commission should propose an amendment in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure to remove […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 84

When the period of validity of the delegated act and its extensions expires, without a new delegated act being adopted, the designation of the third country as safe third country or safe country of origin at Union level should no longer be suspended. This should be without prejudice to any proposed amendment for the removal […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 85

The Commission, with the assistance of the Asylum Agency, should review the situation in third countries that have been removed from the designation as safe countries of origin or safe third countries at Union level, including where a Member State notifies the Commission that it considers, on the basis of a substantiated assessment, that, following […]