Glossary
The EMN Glossary – as one of the key products of the EMN - improves comparability by enabling a common understanding and use of terms and definitions relating to asylum and migration. The Glossary draws on a variety of sources, but primarily on the legislation of the EU asylum and immigration acquis, and makes terms available in the majority of EU Member State languages.
The online version is regularly updated and available in various languages.
- BG: молба за международна закрила
- CZ: žádost o mezinárodní ochranu
- DE: Antrag auf internationalen Schutz
- EE: rahvusvahelise kaitse taotlus
- EN: application for international protection
- ES: solicitud de protección internacional
- FI: kansainvälistä suojelua koskeva hakemus
- FR: demande de protection internationale
- GA: iarratas ar chosaint idirnáisiúnta
- GR: αίτηση για διεθνή προστασία
- HU: nemzetközi védelem iránti kérelem
- IT: domanda di protezione internazionale
- LT: tarptautinės apsaugos (prieglobsčio) prašymas
- LV: starptautiskās aizsardzības pieteikums
- MT: Talba għall-protezzjoni internazzjonali
- NL: verzoek om internationale bescherming
- NO: søknad om internasjonal beskyttelse (b) / søknad om internasjonalt vern (n)
- PL: wniosek o udzielenie ochrony międzynarodowej
- PT: pedido de protecção internacional
- RO: cerere de protectie internationala
- SE: ansökan om internationellt skydd
- SK: žiadosť o medzinárodnú ochranu (EU acquis)
- SL: prošnja za mednarodno zaščito
A request made by a third-country national or a stateless person for protection from a EU Member State, who can be understood to seek refugee status or subsidiary protection status, and who does not explicitly request another kind of protection, outside the scope of Directive 2011/95/EU (Recast Qualification Directive), that can be applied for separately.
2. In everyday use, the terms ‘asylum application’ and ‘application for asylum’ are often used more frequently than ‘application for international protection’.
3. According to Protocol 24 of TFEU on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union (1997), EU Member States shall be regarded as constituting safe countries of origin in respect of each other for all legal and practical purposes in relation to asylum matters. Accordingly, any application for asylum made by a national of an EU Member State is normally not taken into consideration.
- BG: молба за убежище
- CZ: žádost o azyl
- DE: Asylantrag
- EE: varjupaigataotlus
- EN: application for asylum
- ES: solicitud de asilo
- FI: turvapaikkahakemus
- FR: demande d’asile
- GA: iarratas ar thearmann
- GR: αίτηση ασύλου
- HU: menedékjog iránti kérelem
- IT: domanda d’asilo
- LT: prašymas suteikti prieglobstį
- LV: patvēruma pieteikums
- MT: Talba / Applikazzjoni għall-ażil
- NL: asielverzoek (syn.: asielaanvraag)
- NO: asylsøknad
- PL: wniosek o azyl
- PT: pedido de asilo
- RO: cerere de azil
- SE: asylansökan
- SK: žiadosť o udelenie azylu / žiadosť o azyl
- SL: prošnja za azil
An application made by a foreigner or a stateless person which can be understood as a request for protection under the Geneva Refugee Convention and Protocol or national refugee law.
2. Outside EU legislation and in everyday use, the terms ‘asylum application’ and ‘application for asylum’ are often used more frequently than ‘application for international protection’.
3. According to Protocol 24 of TFEU on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union (1997), EU Member States shall be regarded as constituting safe countries of origin in respect of each other for all legal and practical purposes in relation to asylum matters. Accordingly, any application for asylum made by a national of an EU Member State is normally not taken into consideration. In practice, non-EU Member States can receive applications for asylum from EU Member States.
- BG: Обща европейска система за убежище
- CZ: Společný evropský azylový systém
- DE: Gemeinsames Europäisches Asylsystem
- EE: ühtne Euroopa varjupaigasüsteem
- EN: Common European Asylum System
- ES: Sistema Europeo Común de Asilo
- FI: Euroopan yhteinen turvapaikkajärjestelmä
- FR: régime d’asile européen commun
- GA: Comhchóras Tearmainn Eorpach
- GR: Κοινό Ευρωπαϊκό Σύστημα Ασύλου
- HU: Közös Európai Menekültügyi Rendszer
- IT: Sistema europeo comune di asilo
- LT: bendra Europos prieglobsčio sistema
- LV: Kopējā Eiropas patvēruma sistēma
- MT: Sistema Ewropea Komuni għall-Ażil
- NL: Gemeenschappelijk Europees Asielstelsel
- NO: Det felles europeiske asylsystemet
- PL: Wspólny Europejski System Azylowy
- PT: Sistema Europeu Comum de Asilo
- RO: Sistemul European Comun de Azil
- SE: gemensamt europeiskt asylsystem
- SK: Spoločný európsky azylový systém
- SL: Skupni evropski azilni sistem
A framework of agreed rules which establish common procedures for international protection and a uniform status for those who are granted refugee status or subsidiary protection based on the full and inclusive application of the Geneva Refugee Convention and Protocol and which aims to ensure fair and humane treatment of applicants for international protection, to harmonise asylum systems in the EU and reduce the differences between Member States on the basis of binding legislation, as well as to strengthen practical cooperation between national asylum administrations and the external dimension of asylum.
(a) a uniform status of asylum for nationals of third countries, valid throughout the European Union;
(b) a uniform status of subsidiary protection for nationals of third countries who, without obtaining European asylum, are in need of international protection;
(c) a common system of temporary protection for displaced persons in the event of a massive inflow;
(d) common procedures for the granting and withdrawing of uniform asylum or subsidiary protection status;
(e) criteria and mechanisms for determining which Member State is responsible for considering an application for asylum or subsidiary protection;
(f) standards concerning the conditions for the reception of applicants for asylum or subsidiary protection;
(g) partnership and cooperation with third countries for the purpose of managing inflows of people applying for asylum or subsidiary or temporary protection.
- BG: сигурна страна на произход
- CZ: bezpečná země původu
- DE: sicherer Herkunftsstaat
- EE: turvaline päritoluriik (kolmas riik)
- EN: safe country of origin
- ES: país de origen seguro
- FI: turvallinen alkuperämaa
- FR: pays d’origine sûr
- GA: tír thionscnaimh atá sábháilte
- GR: ασφαλής χώρα προέλευσης
- HU: biztonságos származási ország
- IT: paese di origine sicuro
- LT: saugi kilmės šalis
- LV: droša izcelsmes valsts
- MT: Pajjiż tal-oriġini sigur / bla perikli
- NL: veilig land van herkomst
- NO: trygt hjemland (b) / trygt heimland (n)
- PL: bezpieczny kraj pochodzenia
- PT: país de origem seguro
- RO: ţara de origine sigură
- SE: säkert ursprungsland
- SK: bezpečná krajina pôvodu
- SL: varna izvorna država
A country where, on the basis of the legal situation, the application of the law within a democratic system and the general political circumstances, it can be shown that there is generally and consistently no persecution as defined in Art. 9 of Directive 2011/95/EU (Recast Qualification Directive), no torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and no threat by reason of indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict.
2. According to the Protocol 29 of TFEU, EU Member States shall be regarded as constituting safe countries of origin in respect of each other for all legal and practical purposes in relation to asylum matters. Accordingly, any application for asylum made by a national of a Member State are normally not taken into consideration.
3. EU Member States shall regularly review the situation in third countries that are designated as safe countries of origin.
4. The assessment of whether a country is a safe country of origin shall be based on a range of sources of information, including in particular information from other EU Member States, European Asylum Support Office (EASO), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Council of Europe and other relevant international organisations.
5. According to Art. 36 of Directive 2013/32/EU (Recast Asylum Procedures Directive), the 'concept of safe country of origin' means that a third country is - after an individual examination of the application - considered as a safe country of origin for a particular applicant only if:
- they have the nationality of that country; or
- they are a stateless person and were formerly habitually resident in that country, and they have not submitted any serious grounds for considering the country not to be a safe country of origin in their particular circumstances and in terms of their qualification as a beneficiary of international protection in accordance with Directive 2011/95/EU (Recast Qualification Directive).
- BG: Дъблинска конвенция
- CZ: Dablinský úmluva
- DE: Dubliner Übereinkommen
- EE: Dublini konventsioon
- EN: Dublin Convention
- ES: Convenio de Dublín
- FI: Dublinin yleissopipus
- FR: Convention de Dublin
- GA: Coinbhinsiún Bhaile Átha Cliath
- GR: σύμβαση του Δουβλίνου
- HU: Dublini Egyezmény
- IT: Convenzione di Dublino
- LT: Dublino konvencija
- LV: Dublinas konvencija
- MT: Konvenzjoni (Il-) ta’ Dublin
- NL: Overeenkomst van Dublin
- NO: Dublin-konvensjonen
- PL: Konwencja Dublińska
- PT: Convenção de Dublin
- RO: Convenția Dublin
- SE: Dublinkonventionen
- SK: Dublinský dohovor
- SL: Dublinska konvencija
Convention determining the EU Member State responsible for examining an application for asylum lodged in one of the EU Member States.
2. The Dublin Convention was replaced by Council Regulation No 343/2003 (Dublin II regulation). Its validity ended on 16 March 2003.