humanitarian admission

Definition(s)

In the EU context, the admission following, where requested by an EU Member State, a referral from the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), or another relevant international body, of third-country nationals or stateless persons from a third country to which they have been forcibly displaced to the territory of EU Member States, and who are granted international protection or humanitarian protection under national law that provides for rights and obligations equivalent to those of Art. 20 to 34 of Directive 2011/95/EU (Recast Qualification Directive) for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection.

Source(s)

Derived by EMN from Art. 2(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1147 (AMIF-Regulation).

Translations

• BG: хуманитарен прием
• CS: humanitární přijetí
• DE: Aufnahme aus humanitären Gründen
• EL: εισδοχή για ανθρωπιστικούς λόγους
• EN: humanitarian admission
• ES: admisión humanitaria
• ET: humanitaarsetel kaalutlustel vastuvõtmine
• FI: humanitaarinen maahanpääsy
• FR: admission humanitaire
• GA: ligean isteach ar fhoras daonnúil
• HR: humanitarni prihvat
• HU: humanitárius befogadás
• IT: ammissione umanitaria
• LT: humanitarinis priėmimas
• LV: uzņemšana humānu apsvērumu dēļ
• MT: Ammissjoni umanitarja
• NL: humanitaire toelating (NL), humanitaire admissie (BE)
• PL: zgoda na pobyt humanitarny
• PT: admissão humanitária
• RO: admisie umanitară
• SK: humanitárne prijatie / humanitárne prijímanie
• SL: humanitarni sprejem
• SV: humanitärt mottagande
• NO: adgang til riket på humanitært grunnlag
• KA: ქვეყანაში დაშვება ჰუმანიტარული მიზნით
• UK: гуманітарний прийом
• HY: մարդասիրական ընդունելություն

Broader Term

• legal pathway

Related Term(s)

• humanitarian visa
• resettlement

Note(s)

1. There is no commonly agreed upon definition of humanitarian admission and no clear difference between resettlement and humanitarian admission in general
2. EU legislation distinguishes between humanitarian admission and resettlement, with resettlement specifically designed for formally recognised refugees, while humanitarian admission may imply the granting of international protection or humanitarian protection under national laws.
3. Humanitarian admission is discussed in the EU in the broader concept of legal pathways or avenues for refugees and in this context, it is possible to identify three broad categories of legal pathways for refugees from current State practices:
   • First, resettlement programmes are a long-standing form of humanitarian admission that have been developed specifically for those who have been formally recognized as refugees;
   • Second, evacuation programmes are aimed at bringing civilians to safety following a humanitarian emergency caused by a disaster and/or armed conflict. These are large-scale responses and, contrary to resettlement programmes, their implementation does not presuppose an individual assessment nor impose any requirement that a person has specific vulnerabilities;
   • Third, some States provide for protected entry procedures (PEPs), which are formalised procedures that allow foreigners to individually and directly petition the State to obtain humanitarian admission to their territory. In such procedures, the individual is directly engaging the potential host State in a procedure aiming at securing his or her physical transfer and legal protection.
4. For further information see the EMN study Comparative overview of national protection statuses in the EU and Norway, Synthesis Report May 2020 and Humanitarian Admission to Europe: The Law between Promises and Constraints, 1st edition, 2020.