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Lithuania |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Migration Department introduced measures to address the high-level of staff turnover. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Netherlands |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Managing applicants with disruptive behaviour remained a priority, and a National Coordinator for Managing Disruption was established to coordinate among different stakeholders and ensure consistency across various measures. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Poland |
2022 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
Integration centres for foreigners were opened in two provinces in March 2022 as a part of the project “Building structures for the integration of foreigners in Poland - Stage II – piloting Foreigners Integration Centres”. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
As part of the Swedish Migration Agency policy to increase detention capacity, a new detention centre with 114 places was opened in Mölndal. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Switzerland |
2022 |
Policy |
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Return of former applicants |
The Federal Council modified the assessment for fitness to travel of persons who are returned or expelled. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Belgium |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Belgian Council of Ministers approved the structure of the new Migration Code. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Estonia |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
Ukraine was removed from the list of safe countries of origin. |
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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Iceland |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Interpretation services |
A reform of administrative procedures, including asylum procedures, provides for professional interpretation to persons who do not speak Icelandic. |
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Luxembourg |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
The list of safe countries of origin was amended through the Grand-Ducal Regulation of 23 January 2023. Ukraine and Croatia were removed from the list and the name of the Republic of North Macedonia was adapted. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Poland |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The special rules on the duration of material reception conditions connected with the COVID-19 pandemic were repealed. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Statelessness in the context of asylum |
A Royal Decree was adopted which guarantees stateless persons access to the national reception system for the duration of the Stateless Determination Procedure. This will ensure that children in the Stateless Determination Procedure have access to education and other integration programmes. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Belgium |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
4,000 places were created in the reception system throughout 2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Cyprus |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
The rules of procedures of the Administrative Court for International Protection (IPAC) were amended making the applicant's presence before the court mandatory, whether in person or represented by a lawyer, without which the appeal could be rejected, except in situations of force majeure. Applicants or their lawyer now have a maximum of 10 minutes to present their supporting arguments, unless extended by the court when deemed necessary. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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France |
2022 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Ministry of the Interior published an instruction in April 2022 requesting the prefects to harmonise practices related to victims who were trafficked for sexual exploitation. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Ireland |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The International Protection Office implemented a revised asylum application procedure. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Italy |
2022 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The National Association of Employment Agencies and four trade unions signed an agreement to facilitate the labour market integration of beneficiaries of international protection and of national forms of protection. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Netherlands |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A portal was launched for asylum lawyers, allowing them to rapidly check the status of a case, easily upload documents and safely exchange data |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Norway |
2022 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The national budget was revised to employ more experts working with children in reception facilities, following the increasing number of arrivals from Ukraine. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a new legal position on the assessment of applications for international protection lodged by Syrian nationals. The SMA considered that Syrians summoned for military service or who deserted ran a general risk of persecution. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Switzerland |
2022 |
Policy |
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Legal assistance and representation |
The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) decided that the granting of free legal advice should also apply to persons who file an asylum application from detention. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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France |
2022 |
Institutional |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A new OFPRA branch office was established in Mayotte for the lodging of applications for international protection in the territory. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Austria |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
Ukraine was removed from the list of safe countries of origin. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Denmark |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Legislative amendments proposed to deport foreigners who are sentenced to an unconditional prison sentence, regardless of the duration of their stay in the country. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Germany |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
The German parliament adopted a bill allowing for the Federal Administrative Court to decide also on the general asylum situation as it pertains to the situation in the country of origin or destination. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |