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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The International Protection Agency introduced regular and routine reflective meetings on the quality of asylum procedure, and set up the Quality Control Unit with EUAA support. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The International Protection Agency introduced a policy to optimise case management in an effort to address the considerable backlog of pending cases, including a minimum quota for case officers to conduct interviews and submit assessments, a rule to hold one interview where all information is collected, and electronic ways of communicating notifications for interviews. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The International Protection Agency initiated a process to digitise all physical case files and transition towards an electronic filing system. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The International Protection Agency adopted guidelines on the application of the recast Qualification Directive Articles 15(b) and 15(c) for applicants from Libya. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The International Protection Agency adopted guidelines on the applications of the recast Qualification Directive Article 15(c) focusing on the regions of the Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kardofan. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The International Protection Agency drafted guidelines on the involvement and conduct of legal representatives (NGOs or private lawyers) during an asylum interview, allowing lawyers to intervene at certain parts of the interview and limiting their presence in cases of disruptive behaviour. A lawyer can submit supplementary statements within 5 days after the interview. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The International Protection Agency’s interpreters are bound by a code of conduct to increase professionalism and performance since 2021. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The International Protection Agency (IPA) issued instructions that children between 2 and 10 years could not accompany their parents to the personal interview at the IPA’s premises. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The International Protection Agency issued internal guidelines, which were formally adopted in 2020 and implemented in 2021, on interviewing and assessing applications based on sexual orientation and gender identity. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
The National Asylum Seekers Management System (NASMS) was improved to better communicate information on individual cases between the International Protection Agency and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The authorities focused on enforcing contracts signed with applicants for their accommodation to ensure that reception spaces are swiftly available. When appointments are not respected or when there are clear indications that the applicant abandoned the asylum procedure, the International Protection Agency considers the application implicitly withdrawn and informs AWAS, which terminates the reception contract. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The employment policy was amended so applicants from a safe country of origin or in the Dublin procedure can access the labour market after 9 months from the lodging of their application for international protection, while other applicants are able to work legally as soon as their asylum application is confirmed. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The International Protection Agency and AWAS signed a memorandum of understanding on the medical referral of applicants claiming to be survivors of FGM/C. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Access to procedure |
The registration process was reorganised and separate streams were set up in specific locations for Afghan evacuees and for persons arriving through family reunification. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Access to procedure |
The control boards (regietafel) moved to the next implementation phase and continued to ensure that all information is available on the specific individual cases, before they entered the phase of the regular procedure. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
The list of safe countries of origin was entirely revised following a decision of the Council of State. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
The simplified procedure (Track 2), equivalent to the accelerated procedure, was extended to other categories of applicants. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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The Dublin procedure |
New work instructions were published on when and how a case officer should request advice from the Medical Advisory Office to assess an applicant’s aptitude to travel. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A decision and departure moratorium was issued for Afghan nationals and ethnic Tigrayans from Ethiopia. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The policy was adjusted on the assessment of the cases of persons from Turkey, who are active in politics, journalism or human rights. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The task force managing the asylum backlog was integrated into the IND. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The COA significantly increased the number of reception places. It expressed several times the urgent need for more places. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The coalition agreement foresees changes in the financing of the reception system, to make it more efficient. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Specific projects continued to address and manage more effectively disruptive behaviour in the reception system. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
An AMIF-funded project aimed to develop and implement a methodology allowing for applicants' active participation in civic and social life within and outside of reception centres. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |