Overview
- Negotiators agreed to updated safe third country rules letting states deem claims inadmissible case by case based on a connection, transit through a country, or an admission agreement.
- Applicants appealing an inadmissibility decision would not have an automatic right to remain in the member state during the appeal under the deal.
- Unaccompanied minors are exempt from safe third country transfers based on agreements, with security‑related cases following the Asylum Procedure Regulation.
- The first EU list of safe countries of origin names Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Kosovo, India, Morocco and Tunisia, with accession candidates presumed safe unless specified exceptions apply.
- The Commission would monitor and can suspend designations, member states could use territorial or category carve‑outs, accelerated border procedures could start for nationalities with under 20% recognition rates, and Amnesty International condemned the changes as undermining refugee protections.