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Netherlands |
2020 |
Policy |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The IND published its updated work instructions on the border procedure. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Romania |
2020 |
Policy |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Depending on the claims made and documentation available, authorities prioritised applicants from Algeria, Bangladesh, India, Morocco, Pakistan and Tunisia. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Netherlands |
2020 |
Policy |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The State Secretary for Justice and Security presented the revised list of safe countries of origin. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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France |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The validity period of the asylum application certificate was extended to 10 months for applicants in the regular procedure and 6 months for applicants in the accelerated procedure. These can then be renewed in periods of 6 months. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Ireland |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The Withdrawal of the UK from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 introduced the concept of a safe third country into the International Protection Act 2015 and enabled the Minister for Justice to designate by order a country as a safe third country. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Iceland |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
A draft law would add a new Article 35a defining subsequent applications and noting that negative decisions for subsequent applications are automatically reviewed by the Immigration Appeals Board, unless the applicant specifically request otherwise. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Bulgaria |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Amendments updated the definitions for the terms 'safe country of origin' and 'safe third country' and additional guarantees were added in the law, as foreseen in the recast Asylum Procedures Directive. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Cyprus |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
When a subsequent application is deemed to be inadmissible, the appeal needs to be lodged within 15 days. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Greece adopted a list of 12 safe countries of origin: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Georgia, Ghana, India, Morocco, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, The Gambia and Ukraine. |
EL LEG 04 2019 |
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Finland |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
An amendment to the Aliens Act defined the criteria for subsequent applications. |
FI LEG 01 2019 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The Swedish Parliament adopted the government's proposal from December 2020 to incorporate the rules on safe countries of origin in the Aliens Act. The new rules allow the Swedish Migration Agency to consider an application manifestly unfounded if the applicant comes from a country included in the list. The amendments enter into force on 1 May 2021. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Lithuania |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Applications in the accelerated procedure are processed within 10 days. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The implementation of the rules on the exceptional border procedure - which applies to third-country nationals in Reception and Identification Centres in Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Leros and Kos - were extended until 31 December 2021. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Netherlands |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
An amendment to the Aliens Decree (Vb) established the possibility to omit the personal interview in subsequent applications. |
NL LEG 06 2019 |
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Czech Republic |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
12 new countries were added to the national list of safe countries of origin: Algeria, Australia, Canada, Ghana, Georgia (excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia), India, Moldova (excluding Transnistria), Morocco, New Zealand, Senegal, Tunisia and Ukraine (excluding Doneck and Luhansk Districts). |
CZ LEG 02 2019 |
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Belgium |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The new Royal Decree establishing the list of safe countries of origin entered into force. The list itself includes the same countries. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Czech Republic |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The time limit for the accelerated procedure for international protection was extended from 30 to 90 days. |
CZ LEG 01 2019 |
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Ireland |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The UK was designated as a safe third country. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Bulgaria |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The court has to decide ex officio or at the request of the applicant on the right to stay during an appeal against the rejection of a subsequent application. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The Swedish Migration Agency proposed 8 countries to be considered safe countries of origin: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Kosovo, Mongolia, Northern Macedonia, Serbia and USA. The new list is foreseen to enter into force on 1 May 2021. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Lithuania |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The decision on which procedure the applicant follows must be made within 2 working days and no sperate decision is issued on this, but the case officer communicates this during the interview. The decision on admissibility is issued within 3 working days from the registration of the application. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Malta |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to process asylum applications |
Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia were added to the list of safe countries of origin. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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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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Latvia |
2019 |
Legislative |
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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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Netherlands |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Statelessness in the context of asylum |
The draft law on the statelessness determination procedure was presented to the Dutch parliament. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |