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Ireland |
2019 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Regular interviews now take place through teleconference or videoconference in Cork and from video suites in courthouses. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Luxembourg |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
An amendment allowed a systematic verification process for the prolongation of a third country national’s administrative detention. |
LU LEG 03 2019 |
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Slovenia |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Georgia, Nepal and Senegal were added to the list of safe third countries, while Turkey was removed from the list. |
SI LEG 01 2019 |
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Hungary |
2019 |
Institutional |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The regional asylum offices were closed and the central department took over their tasks. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Applicants undertaking voluntary work may keep EUR 200 of volunteer allowance, in addition to the benefits granted under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act. |
DE LEG 02 2019 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Content of protection |
The new act clarified that if the reason for an applicant to move to another federal state becomes obsolete three months from the move, then the first federal state must continue to bear integration costs for three years. |
DE LEG 05 2019 |
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Hungary |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups |
Government Decree 277/2018 (XII. 21.) entered into force, modifying Government Decree 114/2007 (V. 24.), which clarified the types of administrative actions that the Aliens Police can carry out in the absence of a legal guardian when the applicant is an unaccompanied minor. |
HU LEG 01 2019 |
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Lithuania |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Content of protection |
A new ground was added to withdraw subsidiary protection: when there is a serious ground that the person’s stay in the country would represent a threat to national security or the community. |
LT LEG 01 2019 |
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Cyprus |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
By Ministerial Decision on Safe Countries, the accelerated procedure is applied to Georgian nationals. |
CY LEG 01 2019 |
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France |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
The Dublin procedure |
An order designated the préfectures responsible for the implementation of Dublin procedures. |
FR LEG 02 2019 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The level of benefits for applicants is more aligned with the general level of social security, for example with the level of basic support for job seekers. Electricity and maintenance are now provided as in-kind benefits and therefore their costs are deducted from cash benefits. |
DE LEG 02 2019 |
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Luxembourg |
2019 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The government increased the threshold of subsidies for municipalities from 80 % to 100 % of the rental prices announced by the Housing Observatory to encourage rentals for beneficiaries of international protection. Beneficiaries may also continue to live in reception facilities for a small fee. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
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Unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups |
The Swedish Migration Agency created an online training for its staff on gender-based violence within the asylum procedure. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
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The Dublin procedure |
The Swedish Migration Agency revised its Dublin tracks by reflecting the estimated handling time of the case and improvements to its IT systems allowed more rapid information exchanges on Dublin cases. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Bulgaria |
2019 |
Policy |
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Unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups |
Weekly meetings were organised with unaccompanied minors who are subject to proceedings under the Dublin III Regulation. At these meetings, unaccompanied minors are regularly informed of the steps that have been taken regarding their Dublin procedure and of the expected outcome of this procedure. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Finland |
2019 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The AMIF-funded TERTTU project came to an end, after developing a health examination protocol for assessing applicants' health, well-being and health care needs in the arrival stage. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Czech Republic |
2019 |
Policy |
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Unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups |
The Department for Asylum and Migration Policy of the Ministry of Interior launched a pilot project using non-medical methods for age assessment. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Croatia |
2019 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
Beneficiaries of international protection were granted 280 hours of state-provided language courses. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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France |
2019 |
Policy |
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Resettlement and humanitarian admissions |
The Humanitarian Corridors programme continued operating. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Lithuania |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
An amendment to the Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners granted applicants the right to work if the Migration Department had not taken a decision on their application within six months of the lodging and the applicants were not responsible for the delay. |
LT LEG 02 2019 |
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Norway |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Return of former applicants |
A legislative proposal was introduced for a national legal basis for a forced return monitoring system, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Return Directive. |
NO LEG 03 2019 |
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Greece |
2019 |
Institutional |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Ministry of Citizen Protection and the Ministry of Migration Policy were merged into a new Ministry of Citizen Protection. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Belgium |
2019 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Persons already benefitting from international protection in another EU Member State no longer receive material reception conditions. Dublin applicants who absconded and re-applied for reception after six months were also no longer entitled to material reception conditions. Fedasil evaluates these rejections on a case-by-case basis, taking into account any specific vulnerabilities of the applicant. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The law facilitates access to vocational training for all persons with a right to work in Germany, regardless of the initial residence circumstances of the person concerned. |
DE LEG 04 2019 |
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Greece |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The length of residence permits for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection was decreased to one year (from three years), renewable for two years. |
EL LEG 05 2019 |