Recent developments timeline

2026

• Norway 09/04/2026 National authorities

  Government to allocate NOK 33.6 million in grants to 10 organisations working in the field of integration

• Latvia 07/04/2026 National authorities

  Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs adapts reception standards to align with the Pact on Migration and Asylum

• Greece 31/03/2026 National authorities

  New structure for the General Secretariat for Vulnerable Citizens and Institutional Protection

• Belgium 31/03/2026 National authorities

  CGRS temporarily suspends the processing of applications by Lebanese nationals

• Greece 31/03/2026 National authorities

  Greek Minister of Immigration and Asylum meets with French Deputy Minister for the Interior and discusses memorandum of cooperation

• Czechia 30/03/2026 National authorities

  Czech and Slovak Ministers of the Interior discuss border protection, joint preparedness and new police cooperation agreement

• Finland 30/03/2026 National authorities

  Ministry of the Interior launches large-scale project to streamline asylum processes

• Norway 30/03/2026 National authorities

  Government sends new bill on integration declaration to Parliament

• Cyprus 30/03/2026 National authorities

  First section of the Pre-Removal Immigration Detention Centre in Limnes completed and put into operation

• Greece 27/03/2026 National authorities

  Cooperation of the Greek Ministry of Immigration and Asylum with US authorities to enhance returns

• Norway 27/03/2026 National authorities

  Government proposes new procedural rules for collective protection

• Norway 27/03/2026 National authorities

  Government presents a proposal to implement the EU Screening Regulation

• Norway 27/03/2026 National authorities

  Government adopts amendments to remove Ukrainian men aged 18-60 from the collective protection scheme

• Norway 27/03/2026 National authorities

  The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion proposes amendments to the Integration Act

• Cyprus 26/03/2026 National authorities

  38 stakeholders join in parliamentary discussions on the 2026 Refugee Law

• Norway 26/03/2026 National authorities

  UNE publishes its annual report for 2025

• European Union 26/03/2026 EU institutions, agencies, networks

  European Parliament approves the start of negotiations with the Council on Return Regulation

• Germany 26/03/2026 National authorities

  Germany and the Netherlands discuss cooperation for faster removals and border controls

• Slovakia 25/03/2026 National authorities

  Government approves legislative amendments to foreigners' residence, visas, employment and citizenship

• Norway 24/03/2026 National authorities

  UDI reduces reception capacity for unaccompanied minors

• France 24/03/2026 National authorities

  CNDA publishes annual report which shows increase in appeals

• Portugal 23/03/2026 National authorities, National authorities

  Government passes draft law amending rules on removals

• Greece 23/03/2026 Civil society organisations

  METAdrasi delivers training for guardians of unaccompanied minors

• Cyprus 23/03/2026 Civil society organisations

  CSO publishes a booklet “Busting Myths About Refugees”

• Norway 20/03/2026 National authorities

  Government presents a proposal to implement several legal acts under the EU Pact for Migration and Asylum

• Norway 20/03/2026 National authorities

  Ministry of Justice and Public Security proposes new rules for the detention centre

• Iceland 20/03/2026 National authorities

  Government enacts major legislative amendment to the Foreign Nationals Act to tighten protection

• Finland 19/03/2026 National authorities

  FIS forecasts a moderate number of asylum applications for 2026 -2027

• Netherlands 19/03/2026 National authorities

  IND issues decision and departure moratorium for Iranian applicants

• Norway 18/03/2026 National authorities

  UDI and UNE suspend the duty to return to Lebanon

• Romania 17/03/2026 National authorities, National authorities, National authorities

  Ministry of Internal Affairs publishes draft Government Decision for approval of the National Strategy on Immigration for 2026-2030

• Spain 17/03/2026 National authorities

  European Commission approves increase in AMIF budget allocation for Spanish migration management system

• Spain 17/03/2026 National authorities

  Government approves 2026 National Resettlement Plan

• Greece 16/03/2026 Civil society organisations

  Refugee Support Aegean reports on fatal incidents at Greece’s maritime borders in 2025

• Finland 16/03/2026 National authorities

  FIS presents operational report for 2025 showing cost-efficiency despite unstable context

• Belgium 16/03/2026 National authorities

  CGRS resumes the processing of cases by applicants from the West Bank who are not registered with UNRWA

• Portugal 13/03/2026 National authorities, National authorities

  Council of Ministers extends temporary protection for displaced Ukrainians until 2027

• Romania 12/03/2026 National authorities

  Government designates the National Authority for the Supervision of Personal Data Processing as supervisory authority for high-risk AI systems in the fields of migration, asylum and border control management

• Denmark 11/03/2026 National authorities

  Refugee Board's Coordination Committee postpones the departure deadline for deportations to Lebanon

• Italy 11/03/2026 National authorities

  Government adopts new provisions against human trafficking

• Czechia 10/03/2026 National authorities

  Minister of the Interior participates in meeting of the Visegrad 4 and the Salzburg Forum on regional security

• Spain 09/03/2026 National authorities

  Ministry approves new electronic registry of organisations supporting people who apply for regularisation

• Norway 09/03/2026 National authorities

  Government and local authorities sign new agreement on reception of asylum seekers and settlement

• Denmark 06/03/2026 National authorities

  Refugee Appeals Board decides on test cases related to Syrian applicants

• Norway 06/03/2026 National authorities

  Ministry of Justice and Public Security emphasises the importance of close cooperation with the EU on migration and returns

• Cyprus 05/03/2026 National authorities

  Council of Ministers approves draft of Refugee Law 2026 and bill is submitted to parliament

• Slovakia 05/03/2026 National authorities

  Slovakia participates in Council of Ministers meeting on migration and Schengen security

• Greece 05/03/2026 National authorities

  Minister discusses return hubs and voluntary returns at the JHA Council

• Cyprus 05/03/2026 National authorities

  Council of Ministers extends temporary protection until March 2027 and adopts changes to new applications

• Romania 05/03/2026 National authorities

  UNHCR donates essential equipment for emergency responses

• Ireland 03/03/2026 Civil society organisations

  NGO publishes report on emergency accommodation

• Latvia 03/03/2026 Civil society organisations

  ‘I want to help refugees’ publishes report on pushbacks in Europe

• Ireland 03/03/2026 National authorities

  Health authority publishes 2025 monitoring report of IPAS centres

• Greece 03/03/2026 National authorities

  Reception service and civil society organisations hold structured dialogue on child protection

• Norway 02/03/2026 National authorities

  UNE wins majority of court cases in 2025 amid rise in appeals and changing case types

• Norway 02/03/2026 National authorities

  Government extends residence permits for displaced persons from Ukraine who have had collective protection for 4 years

• Ireland 27/02/2026 National authorities

  IPAT updates its administrative practice note on notification of appeal hearings and submission of documents

• Finland 27/02/2026 National authorities

  Amendments to Social Assistance Act tightens conditions for reception conditions

• Netherlands 27/02/2026 National authorities, National authorities

  Minister for Asylum and Migration estimates 88,000 reception places needed by 1 July 2028

• Ireland 26/02/2026 National authorities

  Human rights commission expresses concerns over partial scrutiny of the new International Protection Bill

• Germany 26/02/2026 National authorities

  Ministry returns 20 Afghan criminal offenders to Kabul

• Denmark 26/02/2026 National authorities

  Government plans to amend the Special Act to restrict residence permits for displaced persons from Ukraine

• Greece 26/02/2026 Civil society organisations

  35 organisations issue joint statement on the provision of cash assistance to asylum seekers in Greece

• Denmark 26/02/2026 National authorities

  Ministry of Immigration and Integration publishes annual statistics on persons in return

• Norway 26/02/2026 National authorities

  Government proposes to tighten residence rules for Ukrainian men

• Czechia 25/02/2026 National authorities

  Czech Minister of the Interior meets with German Federal Minister of the Interior to discuss irregular migration and temporary protection

• Italy 25/02/2026 National authorities

  Legislative decree on security and migration is published

• European Union 25/02/2026 EU institutions, agencies, networks

  European Commission launches an awareness-raising campaign to tackle trafficking in human beings

• Greece 25/02/2026 National authorities

  Tender published for the provision of intercultural mediation in health services in Thessaly

• Latvia 25/02/2026 Civil society organisations

  ‘I want to help refugees’ publishes two reports on access to healthcare in accommodation centres for detained foreigners and at the Latvian-Belarusian border

• Greece 24/02/2026 National authorities

  Quadrilateral meeting to discuss cooperation in tackling irregular migration and implementing returns

• Norway 24/02/2026 National authorities

  Ministry publishes updated forecasts on the settlement of Ukrainian refugees in municipalities

• European Union 23/02/2026 EU institutions, agencies, networks

  Council of the EU adopts first common list of safe countries of origin and revision of safe third country concept

• Latvia 23/02/2026 International organisations

  UNHCR publishes the 2025 UN Refugee Agency Socio-Economic Research Survey

• Italy 23/02/2026 National authorities

  OECD report finds shortcomings in integration

• Norway 19/02/2026 National authorities

  Ministry provides guidelines on how to process cases by Syrian applicants

• Bulgaria 19/02/2026 National authorities

  SAR meets with German representatives to discuss preparations the Pact

• Greece 19/02/2026 International organisations

  IOM launches HELIOS+ for the integration of third-country nationals into the labour market in Crete

• Latvia 19/02/2026 National authorities

  OCMA will modernise the asylum system in line with the Pact

• Latvia 19/02/2026 National authorities

  OCMA will modernise the entry control systems in line with the Pact

• Estonia 19/02/2026 National authorities

  Estonian government submits draft law to Parliament to align with the Pact on Migration and Asylum

• Norway 18/02/2026 National authorities

  The Minister of Justice and Public Security participated in an online meeting on returns in the field of migration and asylum.

• Germany 18/02/2026 National authorities

  The Federal Office for Migration expands language and first orientation courses for asylum applicants

• Italy 18/02/2026 National authorities

  ANCI Commission on Immigration welcomes expansion of SAI facilities

• Greece 18/02/2026 National authorities

  Greece joins Pathfinding Global Alliance on Ending Violence against Children

• Switzerland 18/02/2026 National authorities

  The Federal Council opens consultation on the Eurodac Ordinance

• Slovakia 18/02/2026 National authorities

  Slovakia extends temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine until 4 March 2027

• Finland 18/02/2026 National authorities

  Ministers of Nordic countries discuss cooperation with returns

• France 18/02/2026 National authorities

  OFPRA no longer collecting original documents with asylum applications

• Cyprus 17/02/2026 Civil society organisations

  Civil society organisations welcome the transfer of anti-human trafficking duties to the Ministry of Justice

• Bulgaria 17/02/2026 National authorities

  Council of Ministers extends validity of temporary protection until 4 March 2027

• Greece 16/02/2026 National authorities

  Workshop for judicial officers and new members of the Independent Appeals Committees

• Iceland 16/02/2026 National authorities

  The Parliament of Iceland adopts amendment of the Aliens Act on withdrawal of international protection

• Italy 16/02/2026 National authorities

  The Ministry of Labour and Social Policies publishes bi-annual report on unaccompanied minors

• Germany 16/02/2026 National authorities

  Federal Minister of the Interior extends border controls

• France 16/02/2026 National authorities

  OFII publishes monthly statistics on reception capacity

• Czechia 16/02/2026 National authorities

  Government extends long-term residence for working and self-sufficient displaced persons from Ukraine

• Greece 13/02/2026 National authorities

  Tender published for the provision of intercultural mediation in health services

• Luxembourg 13/02/2026 National authorities

  Luxembourg extends temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine until 4 March 2027

• Latvia 12/02/2026 National authorities

  The OCMA updates the statistics on asylum seekers