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Iceland |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Statelessness in the context of asylum |
Iceland acceded to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness in the context of asylum. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Belgium |
2021 |
Policy |
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Statelessness in the context of asylum |
Belgium formally pledged to introduce a residence permit for stateless persons during the UN High Level Officials Meeting event taking place under the Global Refugee Forum. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Finland |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
An amendment to the Aliens Act defined the criteria for subsequent applications. |
FI LEG 01 2019 |
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Italy |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The decree identified border or transit zones in several provinces and established two additional sections of the Territorial Commissions in Apulia and Sicily. |
IT LEG 02 2019 |
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Italy |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
New Inter-ministerial Decree defined a list of safe countries of origin. |
IT LEG 03 2019 |
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Cyprus |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
A Ministerial Decision established a list of safe countries of origin. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Belgium |
2020 |
Policy |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The Council of Ministers adopted the draft royal decree establishing a list of safe countries of origin. The draft did not include any changes to the list of safe countries from the previous year. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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France |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Benin was removed from the list of safe countries of origin. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Lithuania |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Applicants applying at border crossing points or transit zones are not considered to have entered the territory until a decision to allow entrance is issued. The Migration Department must issue this decision within 48 hours. Applicants refused entry are accommodated at the border crossing points or transit zones for the time of lodging an appeal. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Lithuania |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Applications in the accelerated procedure are processed within 10 days. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Lithuania |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The decision on which procedure the applicant follows must be made within 2 working days and no sperate decision is issued on this, but the case officer communicates this during the interview. The decision on admissibility is issued within 3 working days from the registration of the application. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Czech Republic |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
12 new countries were added to the national list of safe countries of origin: Algeria, Australia, Canada, Ghana, Georgia (excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia), India, Moldova (excluding Transnistria), Morocco, New Zealand, Senegal, Tunisia and Ukraine (excluding Doneck and Luhansk Districts). |
CZ LEG 02 2019 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The Swedish Migration Agency proposed 8 countries to be considered safe countries of origin: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Kosovo, Mongolia, Northern Macedonia, Serbia and USA. The new list is foreseen to enter into force on 1 May 2021. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Cyprus |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
By Ministerial Decision on Safe Countries, the accelerated procedure is applied to Georgian nationals. |
CY LEG 01 2019 |
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Estonia |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The amendment of the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens clarified that the PBGB must update the list of safe countries of origin at least once a year. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Malta |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia were added to the list of safe countries of origin. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Czech Republic |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The list of grounds for subsequent applications was extended in July 2019 if there is reason to believe that asylum or subsidiary protection for the purpose of family reunification will be granted. |
CZ LEG 01 2019 |
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France |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The validity period of the asylum application certificate was extended to 10 months for applicants in the regular procedure and 6 months for applicants in the accelerated procedure. These can then be renewed in periods of 6 months. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Slovenia |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Georgia, Nepal and Senegal were added to the list of safe third countries, while Turkey was removed from the list. |
SI LEG 01 2019 |
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Cyprus |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
An amendment specified that an application could be examined under the accelerated procedure, and its examination is to be prioritised within 30 days from its lodging. This time limit can be extended up to 2 months. The time limit for lodging an appeal against a negative decision is 15 days. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Cyprus |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
When a subsequent application is deemed to be inadmissible, the appeal needs to be lodged within 15 days. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Czech Republic |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The time limit for the accelerated procedure for international protection was extended from 30 to 90 days. |
CZ LEG 01 2019 |
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Lithuania |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
A new definition was adopted for subsequent applications to align it with the recast Asylum Procedures Directive. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Estonia |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
A proposition was presented to amend the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens by updating the national list of safe countries of origin at least once a year. The duty to notify the European Commission lies with the Ministry of the Interior. |
EE LEG 01 2019 |
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Romania |
2020 |
Policy |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Depending on the claims made and documentation available, authorities prioritised applicants from Algeria, Bangladesh, India, Morocco, Pakistan and Tunisia. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |