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The present report discusses the protection of particularly vulnerable individuals in the context of EU policies on border checks, asylum and immigration. With a view to evaluate human rights integration in the external and internal EU policies in the field, the report studies how the protection of vulnerable individuals is ensured in, for example, border control procedures, asylum qualification, reception conditions and immigrant integration. Based on a critical analysis of relevant literature and reports by non-governmental and international organisations, the report formulates policy recommendations to further enhance the protection of vulnerable groups and individuals in the area of EU border checks, asylum and immigration policies.

The report builds upon earlier research conducted within the FRAME project, in particular the report ‘Fundamental Rights in the Institutions and Instruments of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice’ (2014) and the report ‘Critically Assessing Human Rights Integration in AFSJ Policies’ (2016). In these reports, concern was expressed over the fact that security considerations increasingly trump protection concerns in the EU’s policies on border checks, asylum and immigration. Attention was also drawn to the lack of coherence in the integration of human rights in the EU’s policy responses in this field. The present report deepens the analysis by focusing on particularly vulnerable individuals.