| ACSG | Asylum Capacity Support Group |
| AIDA | Asylum Information Database |
| AMIF | Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund |
| AVRR | Assisted voluntary return and reintegration programmes |
| AWAS | Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers (Malta) |
| AZC | Asylum seekers’ centre (asielzoekerscentrum) (Netherlands) |
| BBU | Federal Agency for Reception and Support Services (Bundesagentur für Betreuungs- und Unterstützungsleistungen GmbH) (Austria) |
| BVMN | Border Violence Monitoring Network |
| CALL | Council for Alien Law Litigation (Belgium) |
| CAT | UN Committee against Torture |
| CEAS | Common European Asylum System |
| CEDAW | UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women |
| CEPOL | EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training |
| CGRS | Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (Belgium) |
| CJEU | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| CNAIM | National Centre for Supporting the Integration of Migrants (Portugal) |
| COA | Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers) (Netherlands) |
| COI | Country of origin information |
| CPT | European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| DT&V | Repatriation and Departure Service (Netherlands) |
| EASO | European Asylum Support Office |
| ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| ECRE | European Council on Refugees and Exiles |
| EMCDDA | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction |
| EMN | European Migration Network |
| ENS | European Network on Statelessness |
| EPS | EASO’s Early Warning and Preparedness System |
| ETCC | Employer Tailored Chain Cooperation |
| EU+ | European Union Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland |
| eu-LISA | European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice |
| EUAA | EU Asylum Agency |
| Eurojust | EU Judicial Cooperation Agency |
| Europol | EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation |
| Fedasil | Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Belgium) |
| FGM/C | Female genital mutilation and cutting |
| FRA | EU Agency for Fundamental Rights |
| Frontex | European Border and Coast Guard Agency |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GRETA | Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (Council of Europe) |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICMC | International Catholic Migration Commission |
| IDP | Internally displaced person |
| IGAD | Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
| IHAP | Irish Humanitarian Admissions Programme |
| IND | Immigration and Naturalisation Service |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| IPAS | International Protection Accommodation Services (Ireland) |
| IPAT | International Protection Appeals Tribunal (Ireland) |
| IRPP | Irish Refugee Protection Programme |
| JHA | EU Justice and Home Affairs |
| JRS | Jesuit Refugee Service |
| LGBTI | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender and intersex |
| MIRPS | Comprehensive Regional Framework for Protection and Solutions (Central America and Mexico) |
| MEPs | Members of the European Parliament |
| MPI | Migration Policy Institute |
| NCPT | National Commission for the Prevention of Torture (Switzerland) |
| NDGAP | National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (Hungary) |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NOAS | Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers |
| OAU | Organization of African Unity |
| OFII | Office for Immigration and Integration (Office Français de l’Immigration et de l’Intégration) (France) |
| OFPRA | Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides) (France) |
| RNAVVD | National Support Network for Victims of Domestic Violence (Portugal) |
| SEM | State Secretariat for Migration (Switzerland) |
| SOGI | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| SOGIESC | Sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics |
| SRA | Specific Residence Authorisation |
| SSAR | Support Platform for the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees |
| TGEU | Transgender Europe |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
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