Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2628 of 18 December 2025 on the Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Plan (2026-2027)

• CELEX: Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2628
• Articles: 5

Article 1 The Union contribution to the Global Resettlement Needs (2026-2027)

1.   The total number of third-country nationals or stateless persons to be admitted to the territory of the Member States under the Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Plan (the ‘Union Plan’) during the implementing period (2026-2027) is up to 10 430.

2.   The participation of the Member States and their contributions to the total number of persons to be admitted and the proportion of the persons who are to be subject to resettlement, to humanitarian admission and to emergency admission are laid down in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2 Specifications of the regions from which resettlement and humanitarian admission are to take place

Admissions to the territory of the Member States under the Union Plan shall occur from:

(a)

countries along the main migratory routes leading to the Union through the Mediterranean and Atlantic routes, with a view to providing access to safe and legal pathways in key transit regions to those in need of protection, to supporting the implementation of a whole-route approach, and to contributing to those countries’ capacity, including by improving reception and international protection conditions;

(b)

countries in the Americas, with a particular focus on Central and Latin America, in particular in the light of the socio-cultural ties that might foster the integration of those admitted into the Union in line with the Union Plan;

(c)

countries with which the Union or its Member States have established a cooperative dialogue or are progressing towards the achievement of broader migration management and international protection objectives.

Article 3 Monitoring and data collection

1.   In order to facilitate monitoring as regards the implementation of their voluntary contributions, when providing the necessary information to the Commission and the Agency pursuant Regulation (EU) 2024/1350 for the purpose of drawing up the Commission’s report on the application of that Regulation, Member States specify, in particular:

(a)

the number of third-country nationals or stateless persons admitted by the Member States in line with the Union Plan during the reference period;

(b)

a specification of the type of admission (resettlement, humanitarian admission or emergency admission);

(c)

a specification of the non-EU country from which admissions occurred.

2.   Data and information collected on a regular basis by the Commission and the Agency shall be based on a common framework and indicators.

Article 4 Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Member States’ contributions to the Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Plan (2026-2027)

Resettlement

Humanitarian admission

Emergency admission  ( *1 )

Total

Bulgaria

120

Up to 20

120

France

1 200

1 200

Ireland

1 200

100

1 300

Italy

800

2 000

2 800

Malta

10

10

Netherlands

1 400

Up to 40

1 400

Romania

300

300

Spain

2 400

2 400

Sweden

900

900

Total

8 330

2 100

10 430

( *1 )   Counted within the contributions for resettlement