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Norway |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Persons granted protection in Norway may obtain a long-term residence permit after 5 years, instead of the previous 3 years, following legislative amendments that entered into force in December 2020. The language knowledge requirement for naturalisation was increased from A2 to B1 level. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
A legislative proposal for a new Integration Act was introduced, re-shaping the integration programme for refugees. |
NO LEG 01 2019 |
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Norway |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The UDI commissioned an assessment of the quality of 150 asylum interviews and decisions in order to use the findings to draft guidelines and policy instructions to case officers who decide on asylum claims. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
The Directorate for Integration and Diversit published a report on municipality expenditure on supporting the integration of refugees. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The UDI provided special guidelines to all reception centres on preparing for school education. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Interpretation services |
The Interpretation Act entered into force, obliging public bodies to use a qualified interpreter. It stipulates the requirement of professional conduct, including the duty of confidentiality, by interpreters. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Norway |
2022 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The national budget was revised to employ more experts working with children in reception facilities, following the increasing number of arrivals from Ukraine. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
According to the amended Immigration Regulations, the UDI and UNE are given access to obtain necessary information from the child welfare service for the purpose of case processing. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2022 |
Legislative |
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The Dublin procedure |
Guidelines clarified that the Dublin III Regulation did not apply to persons who were granted collective protection (a status similar to temporary protection in the EU framework). |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Norway |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security issued a new instruction “Assessment of the conditions for asylum in the Immigration Act, Section 28(1) when the applicant already has a residence permit in Norway"". |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Policy |
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Return of former applicants |
As of March 2020, standard support assistance may be increased in order to ease the return and reintegration process, for example for returnees with special medical needs or if it is assessed to be more cost-effective for Norwegian society. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The new Integration Act was adopted in Norway and entered into force in January 2021. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs introduced a proposal to amend the Social Services Act, which would make financial assistance for third country nationals conditional on being enrolled in language training. |
NO LEG 02 2019 |
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Norway |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The notification of negative decisions for Afghan applicants was suspended between July 2021 and January 2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Policy |
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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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Norway |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
A new Integration Act entered into force in January 2021, putting more emphasis on training participants in the introduction programme (mostly refugees) on the skills required by Norwegian employers or needed to qualify for further education. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
One-year-old children in reception centres were included in the financing scheme of free, full-time care in kindergarten. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Amendments to the Immigration Act would allow authorities to expulse refugees, without first making a decision on the cessation of the status, when the person has been convicted and sentenced of a crime that is punishable by 2 or more years of prison. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The length of the regular procedure was reduced to 6 days instead of 8 days, with the possibility to extend it by 3 days for complex cases. The possibilities to omit the rest and preparation period (RVT) were extended. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2020 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The State Secretary for Justice and Security presented a toolbox on dealing locally with disruptive or criminal applicants. The toolbox presents 70 measures which provide support in different areas. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Country of origin information |
Country of origin reports were made publicly available. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Further guidance was added on how to interpret the element political conviction: it is clarified that the applicant cannot be expected to exercise restraint on his/her fundamental political views, which may be actions or expressions that are particularly important for the person's identity or moral integrity. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Netherlands |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) published revised work instructions for the assessment of applications from apostates and atheists. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Netherlands |
2019 |
Policy |
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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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Netherlands |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The IND published its updated work instructions on the border procedure. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |