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France |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Resettlement and humanitarian admissions |
An instruction with guidelines on reception policies for resettled refugees was approved, establishing the division of responsibilities for the reception of resettled refugees between central administrations and funded organisations, the regional distribution and the monthly calendar for 2021 arrivals. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
|
France |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Access to procedure |
An Inter-Ministerial Instruction established a new protocol model to manage applications lodged from detention. |
FR LEG 08 2019 |
|
Luxembourg |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Return of former applicants |
An interdisciplinary commission was established to evaluate the best interests of unaccompanied minors in return decisions. |
LU LEG 03 2019 |
|
Norway |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
An internal review of 54 return cases from 2019 took place in the Immigration Appeals Board (UNE) in order to examine how UNE assesses what is in the best interests of the child in return cases. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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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 |
|
France |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
An order defined the operating rules for emergency reception centres. |
FR LEG 12 2019 |
|
France |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
The Dublin procedure |
An order designated the préfectures responsible for the implementation of Dublin procedures. |
FR LEG 02 2019 |
|
France |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
An order provided specifications for collective reception centres. |
FR LEG 09 2019 |
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France |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
An order provided specifications for emergency reception centres. |
FR LEG 10 2019 |
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Estonia |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
An updated version of the register of granting international protection (RAKS2) was launched, including new features that allow the inclusion of data on court procedures and an automated process for receiving country of origin information. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Access to procedure |
An urgent legislative act suspended applications from people arriving illegally into Greece for 1 month. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
Applicants and tolerated persons became entitled to student benefits, and exclusion from the relevant study support under the Twelfth Book of Social Code is no longer applicable to them. |
DE LEG 02 2019 |
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Lithuania |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Applicants applying at border crossing points or transit zones are not considered to have entered the territory until a decision to allow entrance is issued. The Migration Department must issue this decision within 48 hours. Applicants refused entry are accommodated at the border crossing points or transit zones for the time of lodging an appeal. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
Applicants are not entitled to daily allowance anymore if they choose to reside in specific areas with high rates of immigrants and socio-economic challenges (32 municipalities listed), in order to avoid segregation. |
SE LEG 02 2019 |
|
Netherlands |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
Applicants become entitled to non-emergency health care treatments after two months from registration. The differentiation on access to health care is not based on the reception location of stay anymore but only on the length of the applicant’s stay in the Netherlands. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Belgium |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
Applicants do not need to obtain a separate work permit since 1 January 2019. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Cyprus |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
Applicants for international protection may have access to the labour market in an extended number of occupations. |
CY LEG 02 2019 |
|
Cyprus |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
Applicants from a safe country of origin may be assigned to the Collective Reception and Accommodation Centre through an individual administrative act for an accelerated processing of their application. If they leave the centre, their material reception conditions may be reduced or, in exceptional and duly justified cases, withdrawn. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Belgium |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Access to procedure |
Applicants had to book an appointment online for their registration between April and October 2020. The first instance tribunal of Brussels ruled that this practice was against the law, hence from 30 October 2020 registration in person started again at the arrival centre, without prior appointment. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Ireland |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
Applicants living in reception centres became entitled to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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France |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Applicants residing in Brittany and New Aquitaine have access to all the documents OFPRA sends them since 15 July 2020. This pilot implements the legislative amendments from 2018 and is foreseen to be extended gradually to the whole territory. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
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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Italy |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Applications from return facilities (CPR, centro di permanenza per il rimpatrio) and safe countries of origin are assessed within the accelerated procedure. Applications from a safe country of origin will follow the 9-day procedure, while a new ground for the 5-day procedure was established for applicants convicted of serious crimes. The 18-day procedure was revoked. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Lithuania |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Applications in the accelerated procedure are processed within 10 days. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Spain |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Applications lodged by Venezuelan and other Latin American nationals were prioritised. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |