Center of Legal Aid Voice in Bulgaria publishes part two of the Anatomy of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum – Kangaroo Asylum – The new regulation on the international protection procedure: the case of Bulgaria as an external EU border

We, the Center for Legal Aid – Voice in Bulgaria, present to you the second part of our latest material:

The Anatomy of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: Part 2: “Kangaroo” Asylum – The new Regulation about the international protection: The case of Bulgaria as an EU external border

At the dawn of 2025, the clock for the fully implementation of the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum (EU Pact) is ticking. As announced by the European Commission (EC), EU Member States were expected to prepare their respective national implementation plans by December 2024. So far, no implementation plan for Bulgaria has been made available perpetuating a trend of a backdoor process, in-transparency and isolation of the NGO sector. The silence and the attitude of “business as usual” towards the EU Pact does not correspond to the fact that the new migration rules would definitely impact the Bulgarian asylum system not only in terms of legal conditions but also regarding the system’s capacities and logistics.

REGULATION (EU) 2024/1348 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 14 May 2024 establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union (the Regulation) establishes a common procedure for international protection in the EU and is going to repeal Directive 2013/32/EU.  The Regulation concerns all applications for international protection made in the territory of the Member States, including at the external border, on the territorial sea or in the transit zones of the Member States, and to the withdrawal of international protection.

READ The first part of the analysis – The Anatomy of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: Disconnecting from the Realities on the Ground and the Fundamental Human Rights-the first analysis of the Regulation

With the financial support of the Bulgarian Fund for Women and the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bulgarian Fund for Women, the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency. Neither BFW, nor the EU or EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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