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Greece |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Bangladesh and Pakistan were added to the list of safe countries of origin. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Interpretation services |
A Ministerial Decision specified that interpretation services must be provided free of charge by the Asylum Services during meetings between an applicant and a lawyer, and these meetings should not exceed 2 hours in total. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
Asylum Law, Article 31/A(1a) was amended: It was added that there needs to be a risk of absconding, in order to take a foreigner into detention, when he/she did not apply for asylum and the Dublin III Regulation might apply. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Belgium |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Content of protection |
The Flemish government adopted a new integration path for newcomers which includes four components (language learning, economic autonomy, social orientation and sponsorship by a Flemish 'buddy') and will conclude with an exam. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Cyprus |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The asylum authority may reject an application and issue at the same time a return, removal or expulsion order in a single administrative act. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Estonia |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Detention during the asylum procedure |
The Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens was amended to include the conditions and timeframes for detaining applicants in an emergency situation caused by mass arrivals. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Netherlands |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Detention during the asylum procedure |
The law proposal to amend the Aliens Act (Vw) established a legal basis for border detention after rejection of an asylum application. |
NL LEG 04 2019 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
Under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act, material reception conditions can be restricted to a greater extent when the applicant does not cooperate. Applicants awaiting a transfer under the Dublin procedure are now entitled only to limited material reception conditions. Material reception conditions are limited to core benefits until leaving the country (Überbrückungsleistungen) for applicants who have already been granted international protection in another EU Member State and whose obligation to leave the territory is enforceable. |
DE LEG 03 2019 |
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Greece |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Decision on the restriction of movement of applicants of international protection and subsidiary protection recipients. |
EL LEG 02 2019 |
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Latvia |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Statelessness in the context of asylum |
New legislation provides citizenship automatically to children born to non-citizens in the country, unless the parents have agreed to grant to the child citizenship of another country. |
LV LEG 01 2019 |
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Belgium |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Flemish family allowance system was reformed and transformed into a so-called Growth Package (Groeipakket), whereby every child in Flanders is entitled to the allowance as of 1 January 2019, including minor applicants in the second reception phase. |
BE LEG 02 2019 |
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Denmark |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Content of protection |
An amendment was made to the criteria for assessing derivative circumstances for cessation, and residence permits of refugees and their family members may be revoked in a wider range of circumstances. |
DK LEG 01 2019 |
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France |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
An order defined the operating rules for collective reception centres. |
FR LEG 11 2019 |
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Belgium |
2021 |
Legislative |
|
Content of protection |
The French-speaking Brussels Community Commission – the francophone government of Brussels – announced that the city’s integration programme became mandatory on 1 January 2022, and those who fail to comply receive a fine. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Denmark |
2021 |
Legislative |
|
Return of former applicants |
The Return Act (Hjemrejseloven), the first consolidated law in the field of return, came into force on 1 June 2021. The mandate and responsibilities of the Danish Return Agency are formalised in the act. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Greece |
2021 |
Legislative |
|
Content of protection |
Law No 4825/2021 amended the grounds for revoking or refusing to renew refugee status and clarified the steps of this procedure. The amendments also underline the authority’s responsibility to provide an individualised reasoning for the decision to revoke the status or to refuse to renew it. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Lithuania |
2021 |
Legislative |
|
Detention during the asylum procedure |
Amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens prolong detention for an additional 6 months (up to 1 year in total) and limits the freedom of movement to specific geographical areas. An asylum seeker may be detained or movement restricted to the place of accommodation if entering the territory illegally in the event of a war, an emergency or an emergency due to a mass influx of foreigners. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Poland |
2021 |
Legislative |
|
Access to procedure |
A new procedure was introduced to issue a decision to leave the territory when a foreigner is intercepted immediately after illegal crossing the EU’s external border. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Slovenia |
2021 |
Legislative |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
Authorities can request an age assessment already when an asylum application is made, instead of when it is lodged. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Belgium |
2022 |
Legislative |
|
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 |
|
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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Netherlands |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Statelessness in the context of asylum |
The draft law on the statelessness determination procedure was presented to the Dutch parliament. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Germany |
2022 |
Legislative |
|
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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Sweden |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Access to procedure |
National authorities were enabled to take a foreigner's photo and fingerprints at entry, exit or during internal checks for the Schengen Information System, if the person's identity cannot be identified in another manner. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Iceland |
2022 |
Legislative |
|
Interpretation services |
A reform of administrative procedures, including asylum procedures, provides for professional interpretation to persons who do not speak Icelandic. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |