Overview

• The ECJ ruled that member states must publish the evidence and legal sources behind their safe-country listings to ensure effective judicial oversight.
• EU regions may not fast-track asylum claims if any demographic group, including LGBTQ+ people, faces systemic threats in the designated state.
• The judgment stems from a case by two Bangladeshi asylum seekers who sued over Italy’s classification of Bangladesh as a safe origin country.
• Italy’s effort to process male adult asylum applications in Albanian camps has stalled under the new transparency and human-rights requirements.
• The decision binds all member states, obliging Germany to revise its own safe-country list and shaping the framework for the 2026 GEAS asylum reform.