EASO Newsletter - Quarter 1 (January - March) 2021

  HIGHLIGHTS

• Welcome to our Newsletter!
• EASO’s Management Board elects Mr Mikael Ribbenvik as the new Chair
• Meet Maria, EASO Field Support Officer  
• Meet Stathis and Maria from the EASO Country Guidance team

   LATEST NEWS, ACTIVITIES & DEVELOPMENTS

• EASO begins strengthening support for EU reception authorities
• Implementation of EASO Training Curriculum in 2020
• EASO’s Learning Management System: new feel and touch
• EASO updated Quality Assurance Tool application now available
• EASO continues reinforcing partnerships in the Western Balkans and non-EU countries
• Recent developments in EASO’s resettlement activities
• New chapter of the EASO Professional Development Series published: Vulnerability in the context of applications 

  EASO IN THE PRESS

• Lefigaro.fr: European Union: Asylum applications have fallen by 31% due to the pandemic - Asylum applications in the European Union fell by 31% in 2020, reaching their lowest level since 2013,"mainly due to movement restrictions" linked to the pandemic, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) said on Thursday (February 18th).
• Spiegel.de: EU agencies warn of more refugees - The main reason given by EASO was the “poor economic and medical situation in the countries of origin”.
• Europapress.es: Spain establishes with the European Asylum Office the work phases to improve the Spanish reception system - The Spanish ambassador to Malta, Consuelo Femenía, has also attended this meeting, during which the teams from EASO and the Secretary of State for Migration have identified the main areas of support and priorities for the Plan.

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Discussing with @YlvaJohansson & @nmitarakis #EASO’s support to Greece. EASO continues providing tangible support by deploying 1000 personnel this year. The Reception Strategy will further increase the capacity & expertise to respond to Greece’s needs. View tweet
   
• #EASO support to Spain becomes fully operational. A team of reception experts has been deployed to the Canary Islands supporting the Spanish authorities & @SEstadoMigr to manage the reception centres in light of increased arrivals of migrants. View tweet

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