FRA provides update on monitoring fundamental rights to Asylum Working Party

By the end of April, half of the EU Member States have formally appointed or designated their monitoring entity. In the other half, legislative changes or other necessary steps still need to be completed.

In most cases, Member States designated Ombuds institutions or other national statutory human rights bodies. In some Member States, there will be more than one entity, which will require clear cooperation and coordination modalities and common standards, with one entity being in the lead.

The main concern of national monitoring entities relates to sufficient resources to carry out their monitoring work effectively.

FRA also announced that it has resumed the publication of quarterly migration bulletins, with a first bulletin issued in April 2026 which, in future, will also contain findings from the national monitoring mechanisms.

In addition to its work on monitoring, FRA also referred to its Guidance on investigating alleged ill-treatment at borders and to its 2025 update on Investigating alleged ill-treatment at the European Unions' external borders.