EUAA COI Report. Security situation

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The purpose of this report is to provide relevant information for the assessment of applications for international protection, and in particular for use in updating EUAA’s country guidance on Syria.

The report covers the period of October 2025 – May 2026.

The drafting of this report was finalised on 19 June 2026. Any event taking place after this date is not included in this report.

This report was jointly drafted by the EUAA COI Sector together with:

- Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD)

The following national asylum and migration departments reviewed this report:

- France, Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA), Information, Documentation and Research Division ;

- Germany, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), Country Analysis ;

- Sweden, Swedish Migration Agency, Country of Origin Information, Section for Information Analysis.

This report was written according to the EUAA COI Report Methodology (2023) and the EUAA COI Writing and Referencing Style Guide (2023).

Policy

Coming soon.

Land: 
Syria

From 12 June 2026, the CGRS will apply new EU rules for the asylum procedure, including mandatory recording of the personal interview, wider use of the accelerated procedure and revised rules on safe countries.

More information:
www.cgrs.be/en/changes-introduced-eu-asylum-and-migration-pact