MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Cooperation on readmission – E-001837/2024

Question for written answer  E-001837/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Marieke Ehlers (PfE)

With regard to the 2023 assessment of third countries’ level of cooperation on readmission (COM(2024) 340 final), it is to be noted that countries such as Afghanistan, Syria and Libya and the Palestinian Authority have been excluded from the assessment owing to the conditions on the ground and the impossibility of establishing effective operational contacts. However, they are among the main countries of origin of asylum seekers in the EU.

• 1.Why has the Commission excluded these countries, and what steps will be taken to ensure that countries with a large number of nationals seeking asylum in the EU are effectively included in future assessments?
• 2.Is the Commission considering alternative measures or conditions to improve cooperation with these key countries or entities on readmission and return?

Submitted: 26.9.2024