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Croatia |
2019 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
Coordinators were appointed to social welfare centres and branch offices to provide support in accessing social welfare and, more broadly, in fostering inclusion in the local community. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Interpretation services |
BAMF launched a new software to administer interpretation services. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Croatia |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Legal assistance and representation |
The AMIF project, “Providing legal advice in the process of granting international protection”, was implemented as of 1 April 2019. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Belgium |
2021 |
Policy |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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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Romania |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Resettlement and humanitarian admissions |
A new Emergency Transit Centre was opened in Timisoara providing temporary accommodation for beneficiaries of international protection waiting to be resettled to a third country. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Germany |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Country of origin information |
The COI unit employed more country analysts and formed new regional teams, resulting in a larger production of new country reports. The production line of COI reports was streamlined and an internal peer review was introduced amongst the regional analyst teams. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Statelessness in the context of asylum |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on the assessment of cases by stateless persons, who previously had their habitual residence in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. (The legal position was repealed in 2021 and is no longer in force.) |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Ireland |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A review of all international protection processes was undertaken and the results were shared in October 2021. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Switzerland |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
The Federal Administrative Court published its report on the evaluation of the asylum appeals procedure after the reform of the asylum procedure entered into force in 2019. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Italy |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
The Ministry of the Interior published a circular informing prefectures about the possibility of regularisation on the basis of transforming undeclared work to regular employment. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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France |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
The French National Assembly drafted a report evaluating labour market integration policies of applicants and refugees. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Latvia |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Return of former applicants |
The Ombudsperson concluded aiming to improve the mechanism for monitoring the forced removal of third-country nationals to ensure compliance with Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Latvia |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
The Support measures for beneficiaries of international protection (refugees and persons with alternative status), reception and accommodation in Latvia continued in 2020 with funding from AMIF, providing integration courses, Latvian language courses, as well as cultural, sports and recreational events and events fostering intercultural communication and co-operation with the local community. Information Centres for Newcomers (ICI) continued to operate in five different location and help newcomers with the orientation of administration and daily life, following their establishment in 2016 with AMIF support. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Malta |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The International Protection Agency adopted guidelines on the application of the recast Qualification Directive Articles 15(b) and 15(c) for applicants from Libya. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
The introduction of the new civic integration system is further postponed and it is foreseen to be launched on 1 January 2022 instead of 1 July 2021. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Netherlands |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The policy was adjusted on the assessment of the cases of persons from Turkey, who are active in politics, journalism or human rights. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Netherlands |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
The State Secretary for Justice and Security announced that the so-called guest arrangement (logeerregeling) for beneficiaries of international protection will continue and is planned to be expanded. Under this arrangement, beneficiaries of international protection may volunteer to be placed with a host family, family or friends, while they are in wait for their definitive housing arrangement. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2021 |
Policy |
|
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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Belgium |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
The Immigration Office provided detailed guidance on the exceptional circumstances to extend the validity of family reunification decisions and the validity of supporting documents. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Romania |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
New standard operating procedures were developed in Romania on the identification, needs assessment, assistance and referral of vulnerable persons. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Croatia |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
The Croatian Action Plan for the Integration of Persons Granted International Protection was developed in 2020 and is foreseen to be implemented throughout 2021-2023. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Special procedures to assess protection needs |
The Swedish Migration Agency published three legal positions related to the handling of subsequent applications. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Finland |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Following an ECHR decision at the end of 2019, the Finnish Immigration Service reviewed approximately 500 cases. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |