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Spain |
2021 |
Institutional |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Secretary of State for Migration and the International Protection and Humanitarian Assistance Programmes were reorganised under the same General Directorate, and a new General Sub-Directorate was created for Migratory Analysis. The Executive Commission of the Inter-ministerial Commission of Retributions reorganised tasks between different departments within the Spanish Office of Asylum (Ministry of Home Affairs). A new Sub-Directorate of International Protection and three new heads of department were established. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Spain |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Ministry of Home Affair’s Sub-Secretariat instructed the Asylum and Refugee Office to prioritise applications submitted in Ceuta and Melilla due to a high influx of arrivals, as well as the applications for Afghan nationals who were evacuated. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Spain |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Following new instructions, only recognised beneficiaries of international protection can be referred to the second phase of the national reception system. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Spain |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
An increase in the national budget was announced to upgrade the reception system, in line with the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Spain |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration signed a memorandum with the Spanish Olympic Committee to promote sports in the reception system. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Spain |
2021 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The sponsor in Spain must now begin the family reunification procedure, not the family member in the country of origin. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Spain |
2021 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Ministry of Universities issued a new decree on the recognition procedure for foreign degrees and shortened the procedure to 6 months |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Spain |
2021 |
Policy |
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Resettlement and humanitarian admissions |
The National Resettlement Programme was approved foreseeing the resettlement of 1,200 refugees in 2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Spain |
2021 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
A protocol was approved to establish common criteria for professionals who work with applicants and beneficiaries of international protection to detect and prevent gender-based violence in reception. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Spain |
2021 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The National Strategic Plan against Human Trafficking for 2021-2023 was adopted. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Royal Decree 220/2022 of 29 March 2022 was adopted, approving the regulation governing the reception system. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Statelessness in the context of asylum |
A Royal Decree was adopted which guarantees stateless persons access to the national reception system for the duration of the Stateless Determination Procedure. This will ensure that children in the Stateless Determination Procedure have access to education and other integration programmes. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Resettlement and humanitarian admissions |
The government approved the National Resettlement Programme for 2023 which includes the resettlement of 1,200 refugees. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
Spain’s Council of Ministers adopted a draft bill on trafficking and exploitation which focuses on prevention, assistance and the protection of victims by guaranteeing a series of rights and support measures. A national referral mechanism for potential trafficking victims will also be created. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Spanish Ministry of Justice approved a preliminary draft of a new law on age assessments. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The government decided to increase the migration budged for 2022 by 29% with the allocation of additional funds aiming to improve reception conditions of applicants for international and temporary protection and migrants. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration announced that applicants for international protection who had not yet been given a final decision on their case would not be withdrawn from the national social security system. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration signed a memorandum with the Spanish Olympic Committee to promote sports in the reception system. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Slovenia |
2020 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Government Office for the Care and Integration of Migrants, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Labor, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, the Police, the Ministry of Justice, 11 participating NGOs and UNHCR signed the revised standard operational procedures for the prevention and action in cases of sexual and gender-based violence against persons treated under the provisions of the International Protection Act. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Slovenia |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Additional staff were hired to tackle the pending backlog of cases and shorten delays in the asylum procedure. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Slovenia |
2020 |
Institutional |
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Access to information |
The Ministry of the Interior took over the information provision sessions, after the expiry of a contract with an NGO who was previously charged with this task. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Slovenia |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A proposal was put forward and adopted in 2021 to amend the International Protection Act. Among a set of comprehensive changes, for example, sanctions would apply when an applicant does not comply with the duties or obstructs the implementation of the asylum procedure. The amendment also widens the grounds on which an asylum application can be rejected as manifestly unfounded. |
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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Slovenia |
2021 |
Legislative |
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The Dublin procedure |
Amendments to the International Protection Act (IPA) clarified that applicants awaiting a transfer to another country under the Dublin III Regulation have the same reception rights as other applicants until their transfer. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Slovenia |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
Amendments to the International Protection Act (IPA) now allow the competent authority to decide on the admissibility of an application at the border or in a transit area if a person expresses an intention to apply for international protection. The time limit for a decision in the border procedure was extended from 2 weeks to 3 weeks. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |