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Poland |
2021 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
Two pilot integration centres were launched in the voivodeships of Opolskie and Wielkopolskie, as the second phase of the AMIF-funded project “Building Structures for the Integration of Foreigners in Poland.” Their tasks include information provision, Polish language courses, orientation, and intercultural, legal and psychological counselling. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Finland |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The government put a legislative proposal to consultation on the comprehensive reform of integration. The new system would increase the responsibility of municipalities in the integration process. The programme would include an exam in the Finnish or Swedish language. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Netherlands |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The Alien Circular 2000 now explicitly states that the IND has to always include in the decision on family reunification all indicative statements and documents, and in some cases, further examination may be initiated. When a contradiction leads to no further investigation, this has to be motivated. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Netherlands |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Further clarifications were provided for the assessment of family reunification for beneficiaries of international protection. For example, the fact that the family members were not named during the asylum procedure is not in itself a ground to reject family reunification, but it can be taken into account when assessing the actual family link. For foster children, the biological parents' identity and the foster parent's family link to the biological parents always need to be clarified. When the biological parents are still present, the link between a foster child and foster parents can only be recognised for family reunification under very exceptional circumstances. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Finland |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Several legislative amendments were introduced to prepare for the transfer of responsibility for organising health and social services, including integration services, from municipalities to wellbeing services counties. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Finland |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Minors who have received international protection became exempted from the requirement of having sufficient financial resources for family reunification. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Persons granted protection in Norway may obtain a long-term residence permit after 5 years, instead of the previous 3 years, following legislative amendments that entered into force in December 2020. The language knowledge requirement for naturalisation was increased from A2 to B1 level. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The new Integration Act was adopted in Norway and entered into force in January 2021. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The Norwegian government passed a law which provides the possibility to increase the length of introduction programmes and training by 6 months due to the pandemic. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The Norwegian parliament passed a bill amending the Social Services Act, which requires third-country nationals older than 30 years with insufficient Norwegian knowledge to participate in language training as a condition to receive financial support. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Poland |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Humanitarian visa holders are permitted to work without a work permit since 1 December 2020. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Germany |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The German Act on the Deployment of Social Services Providers was adopted, which provides aid, for example, for language course providers to help mitigate the effect of the pandemic and prevent bankruptcy. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Poland |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
A draft amendment was submitted to the Social Assistance Act, which aims to grant the right to individual integration programmes for beneficiaries of international protection married to Polish citizens (amendment accepted on 15 April 2021). |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Germany |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The Act on Tolerated Status related to Education and Employment of 8 July 2019 entered into force on 1 January 2020. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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France |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
A draft law was presented to the National Assembly, which would prohibit the regularisation of foreigners in irregular situations, such as former applicants. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Malta |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The International Protection Act set in law the grounds and procedures for granting, excluding or revoking Temporary Humanitarian Status. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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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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Luxembourg |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The reform of the Integration Act is foreseen, and the Minister for Families and Integration launched a public consultation. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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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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Finland |
2021 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Integration Partnership Programme was launched in November 2020 to establish a nationwide network of integration and social inclusion actors. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
To facilitate migrant women’s employment, the Swedish government proposed to grant 90 days of parental leave to parents from low-income families. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Ireland |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Certain tasks of the Minister for Justice and Equality were transferred to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, including the coordination of the national integration policy, the International Protection Accommodation Services, the International Protection Procurement Services and giving permission to enter and stay in the country for resettlement or temporary protection. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Switzerland |
2021 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
Afghan evacuees were provided with a special temporary residence permit, allowing the newcomers to apply for international protection later once in the country. |
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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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 |