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Lithuania |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
Access to procedure |
The Migration Department became the main institution for migration-related activities. The functions related to asylum procedures, previously performed by police units, were transferred to the Migration Department and the State Border Guard Service (SBGS). |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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France |
2020 |
Institutional |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly created a new joint working group on migration, asylum and integration. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Ireland |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
The tasks for reception and accommodation were divided into two new sections within the Immigration Service Delivery Function: International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) and International Protection Procurement Services (IPPS). |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Hungary |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
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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Luxembourg |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
Content of protection |
The Department of Integration was created within the Ministry of Family Affairs, Integration and the Greater Region. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Institutional |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The organigramme of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum was adopted in December 2020. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Austria |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
Return of former applicants |
A new Department for Return and Reintegration (V/10) was established as part of Section V in the Federal Ministry of the Interior. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Austria |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The new Section V (Immigration) was established within the Federal Ministry of the Interior after an organisational restructuring. The new section brings together resources and knowledge on affairs related to asylum and immigration, including border control, Aliens Police, reception, residency, citizenship and return. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Hungary |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Reception Facilities Supervisory Unit became responsible for operating and managing reception facilities. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
The Dublin procedure |
The German Dublin Unit within BAMF became responsible for deciding on the admissibility of applications when the applicant is already a beneficiary of international protection in another Dublin state. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
|
Greece |
2020 |
Institutional |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Special Secretariat for the protection of unaccompanied and separated minors was appointed as the competent authority for the protection of unaccompanied children. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Denmark |
2020 |
Institutional |
|
Return of former applicants |
The Danish Return Agency started its operations on 1 August 2020 and is responsible for tasks linked to return, with the exception of forced removals. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Croatia |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
Unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups |
A Governmental Inter-Agency Committee for the Protection of Unaccompanied Children was established. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Slovenia |
2020 |
Institutional |
|
Access to information |
The Ministry of the Interior took over the information provision sessions, after the expiry of a contract with an NGO who was previously charged with this task. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Luxembourg |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
The Dublin procedure |
The Dublin Unit of the Directorate of Immigration was moved from the Return Unit, Department for Returns to the Asylum Unit, Department for Refugees. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Austria |
2020 |
Institutional |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Federal Agency for Reception and Support Services (BBU, Bundesagentur fuer Betreuungs- und Unterstuetzungsleistungen GmbH) started its activities on 1 December 2020 related to the provision of material reception conditions. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Hungarian Immigration and Asylum Office (IAO) was transformed into the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (NDGAP) and is now under the management of the Police. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Luxembourg |
2020 |
Institutional |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
On 1 January 2020, the National Reception Office (ONA), which is under the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, replaced the Luxembourg Office for Reception and Integration (OLAI) for the reception of asylum applications. The responsibility for integration was transferred to the Ministry of Family Affairs, Integration and the Greater Region under the Department for Integration. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Croatia |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Croatian Ministry of the Interior formed the Directorate for Immigration, Citizenship and Administrative Affairs, including the Sector for Foreigners and International Protection, which is divided into a Service for Foreigners, a Service for International protection (responsible for the International Protection Section, Dublin Procedure Section and the Integration Section) and a Service for the Reception and Accommodation of Applicants for International Protection (responsible for reception centres in Zagreb and Kutina). |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Czech Republic |
2020 |
Institutional |
|
Return of former applicants |
Regional offices of the Czech Return Unit were established in Brno and in detention centres in Bela-Jezova, Balkova and Vysni Lhoty. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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France |
2020 |
Institutional |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The position of the Minister Delegate for Citizenship was created under the Minister of the Interior, responsible for asylum and integration |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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France |
2022 |
Institutional |
|
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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Greece |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Ministry on Migration and Asylum was re-created, after merging with the Ministry of Citizen Protection in July 2019. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Bulgaria |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
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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Greece |
2019 |
Institutional |
|
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 |