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Denmark |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
An amendment was made to the criteria for assessing derivative circumstances for cessation, and residence permits of refugees and their family members may be revoked in a wider range of circumstances. |
DK LEG 01 2019 |
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France |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
An order defined the operating rules for collective reception centres. |
FR LEG 11 2019 |
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Belgium |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The French-speaking Brussels Community Commission – the francophone government of Brussels – announced that the city’s integration programme became mandatory on 1 January 2022, and those who fail to comply receive a fine. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Denmark |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Return of former applicants |
The Return Act (Hjemrejseloven), the first consolidated law in the field of return, came into force on 1 June 2021. The mandate and responsibilities of the Danish Return Agency are formalised in the act. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Greece |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Law No 4825/2021 amended the grounds for revoking or refusing to renew refugee status and clarified the steps of this procedure. The amendments also underline the authority’s responsibility to provide an individualised reasoning for the decision to revoke the status or to refuse to renew it. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Lithuania |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
Amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens prolong detention for an additional 6 months (up to 1 year in total) and limits the freedom of movement to specific geographical areas. An asylum seeker may be detained or movement restricted to the place of accommodation if entering the territory illegally in the event of a war, an emergency or an emergency due to a mass influx of foreigners. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Poland |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
A new procedure was introduced to issue a decision to leave the territory when a foreigner is intercepted immediately after illegal crossing the EU’s external border. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Slovenia |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
Authorities can request an age assessment already when an asylum application is made, instead of when it is lodged. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Austria |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
Ukraine was removed from the list of safe countries of origin. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Denmark |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Legislative amendments proposed to deport foreigners who are sentenced to an unconditional prison sentence, regardless of the duration of their stay in the country. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Netherlands |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The IND amended its policy on Sudan and previously-granted asylum permits will be reassessed if the permit was granted due to the situation in Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Germany |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
The German parliament adopted a bill allowing for the Federal Administrative Court to decide also on the general asylum situation as it pertains to the situation in the country of origin or destination. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Portugal |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
A provisional regularisation process was launched in Portugal, settling the situation of around 365,000 foreigners, including asylum applicants. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
A National Registry for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors was created to track the situation and adapt policies, decision-making, reception and other services accordingly. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Switzerland |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
An amendment from 2018 to the Asylum Act entered into force on 1 April 2020, which enables the State Secretariat for Migration to pronounce a general travel ban for a group of refugees from a certain country of origin (particularly to neighbouring countries of that country of origin), if there is a well-founded doubt that the travel ban to the country of origin is not respected. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Lithuania |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The concept for a new reception and accommodation model (the idea of creating a new model) was approved in Lithuania, and the Ministry of the Interior started the preparations for the necessary legislation. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Italy |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Applications from return facilities (CPR, centro di permanenza per il rimpatrio) and safe countries of origin are assessed within the accelerated procedure. Applications from a safe country of origin will follow the 9-day procedure, while a new ground for the 5-day procedure was established for applicants convicted of serious crimes. The 18-day procedure was revoked. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Interpretation services |
The Interpretation Act entered into force, obliging public bodies to use a qualified interpreter. It stipulates the requirement of professional conduct, including the duty of confidentiality, by interpreters. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Italy |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Legislative Decree No 130/2020 opened labour market access to beneficiaries of national forms of protection based on medical reasons or due to natural disasters. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Slovenia |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
The list of safe countries of origin was revised. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Luxembourg |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
A draft law would amend the Law on international protection and temporary protection by extending the group of officers of the Grand Ducal Police authorised to carry out checks required in the context of the submission of an application for international protection. It is proposed to confer this power to all members of the Grand Ducal Police, whereas at present, this task is exclusively reserved for members of the judicial police service. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Germany |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
A draft law introduces the additional preparatory detention (Erg?nzende Vorbereitungshaft) for persons awaiting removal, if they pose a serious risk to others' lives or for significant interests of internal security. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
The police director may issue a detention order upon the Asylum Service's prior notice. A judicial review is undertaken for the prolongation of the detention order but not for the initial order. The maximum initial detention period was extended from 45 days to 50 days and the total maximum detention period was extended from 3 months to 18 months. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Paragraph 8a was added under Asylum Law, Article 32/Y to clarify circumstances when the procedure to enforce a financial claim - which arose during the asylum procedure - ceases. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Austria |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The BFA Procedures Law and the Asylum Law were temporarily amended until 31 December 2020, so that unaccompanied minors can be transferred directly to a regional directorate or field office to launch an asylum application, without passing through a first reception centre. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |