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Belgium |
2021 |
Policy |
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Return of former applicants |
By 2022, 80 new staff members are expected to be recruited as return counsellors to organise interviews and information sessions with migrants and rejected asylum seekers living in private housing, who have recently received a return decision. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Cyprus |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The registration of job seekers among asylum applicants and the renewal of their unemployment period moved online. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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France |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The implementation of the “National plan for the reception of asylum applicants and the integration of refugees” started in 2021, with the creation of 4,900 places for applicants and 408 places for recognised beneficiaries of international protection with vulnerabilities. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Greece |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The payment of financial assistance requires a certification of the applicant’s physical presence in a reception facility since 1 July 2021. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Ireland |
2021 |
Policy |
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Resettlement and humanitarian admissions |
The Irish government established an Afghan Admission Programme with 500 places available under this programme. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Italy |
2021 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
A new national coordination board dedicated to unaccompanied children was established, with its first meeting foreseen for spring 2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Luxembourg |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Reception structures by type of procedure were established in the initial reception system. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
The National Asylum Seekers Management System (NASMS) was improved to better communicate information on individual cases between the International Protection Agency and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
An AMIF-funded project promoted sports, exercise and healthy lifestyle among residents. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Poland |
2021 |
Policy |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
To accommodate a larger number of detainees, as an emergency solution, the minimum space per person was reduced from 4 sqm to 2 sqm on the basis of the Ordinance of the Minister of the Interior and Administration. All detention centre for families and single women returned to 4 sqm on 25 April 2022, and the centre in Wedrzyn returned to 4 sqm on 6 June 2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Slovenia |
2021 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
New national action plans were adopted for combating trafficking in human beings. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
To facilitate migrant women’s employment, the Swedish government proposed to grant 90 days of parental leave to parents from low-income families. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Switzerland |
2021 |
Policy |
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Resettlement and humanitarian admissions |
The 2022-2023 resettlement programme was approved for the resettlement of 1,600 refugees focusing on three or five primary host countries. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Cyprus |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
The list of safe countries of origin was updated, adding Armenia, Benin, Kenya, Kosovo, Moldova, Mongolia and Togo. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Finland |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Legal assistance and representation |
People with a legal training but who are not qualified as public legal counsellors can no longer be assigned as legal assistants to third-country nationals in international protection procedures. Pay differences for legal assistants working on international protection cases were eliminated. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Ireland |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Minister for Transport intended to introduce an amendment to the Road Traffic and Roads Bill to put the government’s policy on a statutory basis and allow asylum applicants to apply for a driving license. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Luxembourg |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Return of former applicants |
Amendments were introduced to the amended Immigration Law of 2008 to ensure a more effective management of the removal of third-country nationals who are illegally residing in Luxembourg. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Slovenia |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
The time limit to lodge an appeal before the Administrative Court against a decision issued in the accelerated procedure was reduced from 8 days to 3 days. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Swedish government established an inquiry on an orderly initial reception of asylum seekers. The inquiry is tasked to propose measures to ensure that asylum seekers choose to live in the Swedish Migration Agency's accommodation throughout the asylum period, propose how a statutory obligation to participate in social introduction can be formulated, consider the scope of persons covered under the Law on Reception of Asylum Seekers and Others, and review the scope of benefits covered by this act. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Iceland |
2021 |
Institutional |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
According to a new decree, the Ministry of Social Affairs would be mandated to provide reception conditions to applicants and integration services to beneficiaries of international protection, while the Directorate of Immigration (operating under the Ministry of Justice) continues to be responsible for the examination of applications for international protection. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Belgium |
2021 |
Policy |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
The Immigration Office set up a new department for alternatives to detention. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Cyprus |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
Courts were added to the Computerized Asylum Service System (CASS) database and case files were incorporated in the system. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Finland |
2021 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The national Action Plan against Trafficking in Human Beings was adopted. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Greece |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Ministry of Migration and Asylum took over the cash assistance component of the ESTIA programme from UNHCR. The transition entailed policy changes in the entitlements. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Ireland |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Specific policies were introduced for the vaccination of asylum applicants, specifying that vaccines are free of charge, on a voluntary basis and by registration to receive an appointment |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |