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In the period December 2024 – September 2025, CNRR reported an administrative suspension of the analysis of asylum applications submitted by Syrian citizens.[1] Asylum requests based on economic grounds – primarily from applicants from Nepal, India, and Bangladesh – as well as those involving individuals deemed a potential risk to national security, were prioritized and rejected through the accelerated procedure.[2]
According to CNRR, there was no uniform practice in the territory, after the resumption of the procedure for Syrian nationals – e.g. in the Galati Center, the majority of the asylum applicants were granted subsidiary protection, and in the Bucharest Center, most decisions were to reject the asylum applications. Asylum applications based on economic reasons and those in which the asylum applicants would pose a risk to national security were challenged in the accelerated procedure. From the practice encountered in the assistance provided, the most common form of protection granted in 2025 was subsidiary protection. The main beneficiaries of subsidiary protection were Sudanese citizens, followed by Syrians, and Palestinians. Refugee status was recognized in fewer cases, for countries such as Palestine, Afghanistan and Syria. In the cases listed above, forms of protection were granted both in the administrative and judicial phases. [3]
[1] Information provided by CNRR, 03 February 2026.
[2] ibid., February 2024.
[3] ibid., 03 February 2026.