| ADDE |
Lawyers for the Defence of Foreigners’ Rights (Belgium) |
| AI |
artificial intelligence |
| AIMA |
Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (Portugal) |
| AMIF |
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund |
| APD |
Asylum Procedures Directive |
| ASGI |
Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (Italy) |
| AWAS |
Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers |
| BAMF |
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany) |
| BBU |
Federal Agency for Reception and Support Services (Austria) |
| BFA |
Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum (Austria) |
| CALL |
Council for Alien Law Litigation (Belgium) |
| CCAC |
Closed Controlled Access Centres (Greece) |
| CEAR |
Spanish Commission for Refugees |
| CEAS |
Common European Asylum System |
| CETI |
migrant temporary reception centre (Spain) |
| CGRS |
Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (Belgium) |
| CJEU |
Court of Justice of the EU |
| CNDA |
National Court of Asylum (France) |
| CNRR |
National Council for Refugees (Romania) |
| COA |
Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers) (Netherlands) |
| COI |
country of origin information |
| CPR |
return and repatriation centre (Italy) |
| CPT |
Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture |
| CRPD |
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| DSA |
Detention Service Agency (Malta) |
| DT&V |
Repatriation and Departure Service (Netherlands) |
| EASO |
European Asylum Support Office |
| ECRE |
European Council on Refugees and Exiles |
| ECHR |
European Charter of Human Rights |
| ECtHR |
European Court of Human Rights |
| EEAS |
European External Action Service |
| EES |
Entry/Exit System |
| EIGE |
European Institute for Gender Equality |
| EMN |
European Migration Network |
| ENS |
European Network on Statelessness |
| EPS |
EUAA’s Early Warning and Preparedness System |
| ESTIA |
Emergency Support to Integration and Accommodation |
| ETIAS |
European Travel Information and Authorisation System |
| EU |
European Union |
| EU+ |
European Union Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland |
| EUAA |
European Union Agency for Asylum |
| eu-LISA |
European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice |
| FGM/C |
female genital mutilation/cutting |
| FRA |
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights |
| Frontex |
European Border and Coast Guard Agency |
| GNCHR |
Greek National Commission on Human Rights |
| GRETA |
Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings |
| IDS |
Information and Documentation System |
| IGC |
Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees |
| IHEC |
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission |
| IND |
Immigration and Naturalisation Service (Netherlands) |
| IPAC |
Administrative Court for International Protection (Cyprus) |
| IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
| JHA |
Justice and Home Affairs |
| JRS |
Jesuit Refugee Service |
| LGBTIQ |
lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, intersex and queer |
| LIBE |
European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs |
| MedCOI |
medical country of origin information |
| MENA |
Middle East and North Africa |
| MOAS |
Migrant Offshore Aid Station (Malta) |
| NGO |
non-governmental organisation |
| NOAS |
Norwegian Organisation of Asylum Seekers |
| OAR |
Asylum and Refugee Office (Spain) |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OFPRA |
Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides) (France) |
| ONA |
National Reception Office (Luxembourg) |
| OPU |
Organization for Aid to Refugees (Czechia) |
| PBGB |
Police and Border Guard Board (Estonia) |
| PMM |
Presidency for Migration Management |
| PTSD |
post-traumatic stress disorder |
| QD |
Qualification Directive |
| RCD |
Reception Conditions Directive |
| RD |
Returns Directive |
| RIC |
Reception and Identification Centre (Greece) |
| SAI |
Hospitality and Integration System (Italy) |
| SAR |
search and rescue |
| SBGS |
State Border Guard Service (Lithuania) |
| SEM |
State Secretariat for Migration (Switzerland) |
| SIS |
Schengen Information System |
| SMA |
Swedish Migration Agency (Sweden) |
| SOGIESC |
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and sex characteristics |
| UDI |
Directorate for Immigration (Norway) |
| UNCAT |
UN Committee Against Torture |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund |
| UNRWA |
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
