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Belgium |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Council of Ministers agreed on the creation of an Inter-ministerial Conference on Migration and Integration. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Ministry of Migration and Asylum and the Asylum Service were in the process of digitalising and some of the following procedures can now be done online: submit the full registration (lodging) for pre-registered applicants, request to change the date of the interview, request to change the personal data or contact information, request a statement on the application status, submit additional documents, apply for legal aid and apply for a Provisional Social Security and Health Care Number. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Belgium |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The winter plan was signed, for example reserving a certain number of places in the accommodation structure for the homeless, in particular for applicants for international protection. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Cyprus |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the police and the Social Welfare Service on the referral, handling, protection and briefing of potential and recognised victims of trafficking. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Germany |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Germany announced adapting its policy on women and girls from Afghanistan. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Ireland |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Interpreters were permitted to use videoconferencing during the first instance procedures rather than provide interpretation by telephone. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Luxembourg |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
Luxembourg increased its reception capacity to 5,126 beds at the end of 2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Netherlands |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
A new Education Budget Scheme for Asylum Seekers was introduced, allowing municipalities with emergency facilities to claim reimbursement for schooling costs. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Latvia |
2019 |
Policy |
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Unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups |
80 State Border Guard officers participated in training on unaccompanied minors and other vulnerable persons applying or not applying for asylum (upgraded training programme), “Profiling, interviewing and identification”. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
The Swedish Migration Court of Appeal introduced an e-service to facilitate the submission of documents to the court by state administrative authorities. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Slovakia |
2019 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Migration Office of the Ministry of the Interior prepared an internal methodology for social workers (“Social Workers’ Competences to Avoid and Solve Critical Situations”) identifying the most frequent types of extraordinary and critical situations that social workers may encounter in asylum facilities, their possible causes and solutions to avoid or manage such situations. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Switzerland |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
A new financing system in the asylum sector entered into force to coordinate optimally the tasks of care, social assistance and integration support for refugees, provisionally admitted persons and persons in need of protection. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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United Kingdom |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
New guidance provided instructions to caseworkers when an asylum seeker reports an incident of domestic abuse while the application is being assessed. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Belgium |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups |
The CGRS continued training protection officers and supervisors who were joining the minors team, and informative sessions were organised to all new protection officers. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Finland |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Unaccompanied minors and vulnerable groups |
The AMIF-funded Competent Representative (Osaava edustaja) project was launched, developing online training for representatives of unaccompanied minors. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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France |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
Withdrawal cards have been replaced by payment cards, on which the asylum applicant receives at the beginning of each month the allowance entitlement. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Belgium |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Access to procedure |
The CGRS in Belgium continued to give refugee status to minor girls with a well-founded fear of persecution due to female genital mutilation, but parents were no longer granted derived refugee status automatically and needed to submit a separate request for regularisation. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Finland |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Country of origin information |
The SOPU project was launched to develop a new reporting model on country of origin information. In addition, the FAKTA project continued to develop a more resource-efficient model for planning and implementing fact-finding missions. Development on the new COI database continued. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Lithuania |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Access to information |
The Refugee Reception Centre launched lectures for refugees and asylum applicants on the differences in status, rights and responsibilities, as well as general information on Lithuania (history, geography, education labour law, domestic violence, medical services, etc). With the use of new technologies, the Rukla Refugee Reception Centre also provided similar information through its new Facebook social network account. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Belgium |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The CGRS published updates on the processing of applications filed by Palestinians. For Palestinians for whom a particular individual well-founded fear of persecution is not established and who depend on assistance from the UNRWA, it must be checked if the individual can still count on assistance from the UNRWA. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Bulgaria |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The State Agency for Refugees established a pilot programme of self-care and well-being classes for women in the reception and registration centre Vrazhdebna in Sofia. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Denmark |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
A new digital application was launched to allow family members other than spouses and children to apply online for family reunification. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Norway |
2020 |
Policy |
|
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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France |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
Discussions were underway to revise the methods for an age assessment, in particular related to bone X-rays. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on the situation in the Tigray region in Ethiopia. (The legal position was repealed in 2021 and is no longer in force.) |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |