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Italy |
2022 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
Italy launched a new digital platform to facilitate the family reunification procedure. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Latvia |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Support measures for beneficiaries of international protection (refugees and persons with alternative status), reception and accommodation in Latvia continued in 2020 with funding from AMIF, providing integration courses, Latvian language courses, as well as cultural, sports and recreational events and events fostering intercultural communication and co-operation with the local community. Information Centres for Newcomers (ICI) continued to operate in five different location and help newcomers with the orientation of administration and daily life, following their establishment in 2016 with AMIF support. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Romania |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
New methodological norms were published for the implementation of the 2019 amendments of the Integration Act. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Netherlands |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The New Civic Integration Law entered into force, where newcomers under an integration obligation are guided through the process by municipalities. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Finland |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Government Programme's proposal was under examination to eliminate the sufficient financial resources criteria for family reunifications initiated by minor beneficiaries of international protection. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Netherlands |
2022 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
Temporary measures aimed to restrict family reunification until 31 December 2023. A visa was only issued to a family member when the assigned municipality notified that suitable accommodation had been found for the recognised beneficiary and the family members planning to join. Following Council of State rulings, the measure was abolished in February 2023. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Cyprus |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The National Plan on the Integration of Migrants of the Republic of Cyprus was released for public consultation at the end of 2020. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Czech Republic |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Czech Ministry of Labour updated its guidelines and clarified that public employment services may provide special, employment-related language courses to beneficiaries of international protection to improve their employment chances. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Germany |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The draft of the Second Law for the Introduction of a Right of Opportunity to Stay proposed to make language and integration courses available for all applicants, regardless of their prospects of staying in the country |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Germany |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The Act on the Acceleration of Asylum Court Proceedings and the Asylum Procedure abandoned the routine revision of the international protection status 3 years after the first final decision. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Germany |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The draft of the Second Law for the Introduction of a Right of Opportunity to Stay proposed to end the accumulation of tolerated stay periods (Kettenduldung), which would no longer be counted towards residence rights. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Germany |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The legal framework on social benefits was revised for German nationals and beneficiaries of international protection. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Belgium |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Immigration Office provided detailed guidance on the exceptional circumstances to extend the validity of family reunification decisions and the validity of supporting documents. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Malta |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
A new provision regarding the cessation of international protection (unequivocal renunciation) was added to the Procedural Standards for Granting and Withdrawing International Protection Regulations. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Directorate for Integration and Diversity, in cooperation with municipalities, carried out for the first time a survey on the experiences of participants in the introduction programme. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Denmark |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Ministry of Immigration and Integration Affairs published the progress report for 2020 on the Integration Action Plan. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Denmark |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Integration Action Plan 2020 was launched in December 2020, presenting the most important initiatives from 2020 and highlighting some of the future priorities. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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France |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Ministry of the Interior posted several IT tools online to support language learning and social orientation for newcomers. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Denmark |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Danish Immigration Service, the Refugee Appeals Board and the Immigration Board have jointly been preparing a memorandum on the protection of foreigners' private and family life in the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN convention on human rights in connection with the new withdrawal ground introduced in 2019. The memorandum was still under work in spring 2021. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Denmark |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) published a new information package for social workers in local authorities on providing specialised employment support to refugee and migrant women. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Estonia |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Ministry of Cultural Affairs published guidelines for local governments on integration services. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Switzerland |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Federal Council adopted its opinion on a report by the Political Institutions Committee of the Council of States concerning a parliamentary initiative on granting the same family reunification regimes to beneficiaries of international protection and persons with temporary admission. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Italy |
2022 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The new National Plan for the Integration of Beneficiaries of International Protection 2022-2024 was adopted. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Switzerland |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The State Secretariat for Migration and cantonal authorities signed amendments to the convention on cantonal integration programmes for the implementation of the Swiss Integration Agenda, which includes more funds for cantons to carry out their plans. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Italy |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
A circular simplified the procedure for a refugee to marry in Italy: documentation from the country of origin is no longer needed. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |