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Belgium |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Fedasil concluded a cooperation agreement with the construction sector to orient asylum applicants towards employment in construction. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Belgium |
2022 |
Policy |
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Country of origin information |
CEDOCA created a working group on statistics to better understand methodologies and data visualisations in reports. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Belgium |
2019 |
Policy |
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Access to information |
Fedasil launched a multi-lingual information platform for applicants for international protection, www.fedasilinfo.be, accessible only from Belgium and available in 12 languages. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Belgium |
2019 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
5 411 new reception places were created. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
|
Belgium |
2019 |
Policy |
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Return of former applicants |
Fedasil in Belgium issued a new instruction on the implementation of the return process for failed applicants with serious medical issues. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Belgium |
2022 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The CGRS allocated 32 new staff members to work on applications launched by unaccompanied minors. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Belgium |
2022 |
Policy |
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Resettlement and humanitarian admissions |
The government pledged to resettle 500 refugees and to admit 125 people under humanitarian admission programmes. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Bulgaria |
2022 |
Legislative |
|
The Dublin procedure |
The government adopted amendments to the ordinance regulating the coordination between the asylum and police (border and immigration) administrations when implementing the Dublin III Regulation. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Bulgaria |
2021 |
Legislative |
|
Statelessness in the context of asylum |
Amendments to the Law on Foreigners introduced new grounds for refusing to grant stateless status. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Bulgaria |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
Amendments to the Law on Foreigners introduced provisions for a swift judicial review of detention. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Bulgaria |
2021 |
Legislative |
|
Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
Amendments to the Law on Foreigners provide for a temporary automatic suspensive effect of an appeal against an expulsion order based on national-security grounds, containing “substantiated allegations” of important risk of death or ill treatment in the destination country. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Bulgaria |
2021 |
Legislative |
|
The Dublin procedure |
An amendment was pending approval by the Council of Ministers to modify the “Regulation on responsibilities and coordination of public authorities implementing action on the application of the Dublin III and Eurodac Regulations”. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Bulgaria |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The National Refugee Employment and Training Programme in Bulgaria was extended for 2020. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Bulgaria |
2019 |
Policy |
|
The Dublin procedure |
A new software was piloted to store files of applicants who are subject to incoming Dublin requests from other states. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Bulgaria |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The court has to decide ex officio or at the request of the applicant on the right to stay during an appeal against the rejection of a subsequent application. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Bulgaria |
2019 |
Institutional |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
A separate Social Adaptation Department was established in the Registration and Reception Centre in Harmanli. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Bulgaria |
2022 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
A coordination mechanism was approved to facilitate communication among the authorities and organisations working with unaccompanied and separated children. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
|
Bulgaria |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Staff training objectives for 2022 were postponed due to the influx of displaced persons from Ukraine. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
|
Bulgaria |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The State Agency for Refugees `adapted the EUAA quality assessment tool to review first instance decisions and personal interviews. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Bulgaria |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The State Agency for Refugees reviewed internal guidelines and rules and prepared an analysis of national jurisprudence for internal use. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Bulgaria |
2021 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The State Agency for Refugees updated its standard operating procedures for preventing and responding to sexual- or gender-based violence within the asylum procedure and the new procedures were implemented in cooperation with UNHCR and the State Agency for Child Protection |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Bulgaria |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Amendments updated the definitions for the terms 'safe country of origin' and 'safe third country' and additional guarantees were added in the law, as foreseen in the recast Asylum Procedures Directive. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
|
Bulgaria |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
The Dublin procedure |
Some processes related to decisions on Dublin cases were clarified, with the aim to have a more efficient and timely procedure. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
|
Bulgaria |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
The Bulgarian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy extended its refugee employment and training programme for 2021-2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
|
Bulgaria |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Law on Asylum and Refugees was amended to address shortcomings in the identification, legal representation and age assessment procedure for unaccompanied children. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |