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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Government Decree No 411/2020 (VIII.30.) extended the validity of Government Decree No 41/2016 (III.9.) until 7 March 2021, stating that there is a continued state of crisis caused by mass migration. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Ireland |
2022 |
Policy |
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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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Belgium |
2022 |
Institutional |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Efforts to recruit staff for the Immigration Office, CGRS and Fedasil continued throughout 2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
BAMF amended its quality assurance system so that some quality assurance employees rotate among the different branch offices to bring more homogeneity in decisions. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Belgium |
2019 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The CGRS developed and implemented a system to prioritise specific cases or profiles. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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France |
2019 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The government presented a comprehensive action plan on migration, including measures to reduce the processing time of asylum applications to an average of six months. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Greece |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Joint Decision on the implementation of exceptional border procedures. |
EL LEG 03 2019 |
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Lithuania |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Migration Department may take joint decisions on asylum applicants of the same family (previously they were always taken jointly), provided that a joint decision does not disclose personal circumstances of an applicant which could pose a threat to best interests. |
LT LEG 01 2019 |
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Belgium |
2021 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The notification of negative decisions was temporarily suspended for applicants from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the suspension was fully lifted on 2 March 2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A legal position was published on public assistants, outlining the requirements to be appointed by the Swedish Migration Agency. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Switzerland |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The State Secretariat for Migration presented the results of the first evaluation of the law that reformed the asylum procedure in 2019. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Slovenia |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A proposal was put forward and adopted in 2021 to amend the International Protection Act. Among a set of comprehensive changes, for example, sanctions would apply when an applicant does not comply with the duties or obstructs the implementation of the asylum procedure. The amendment also widens the grounds on which an asylum application can be rejected as manifestly unfounded. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Belgium |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The CGRS fully resumed the assessment of asylum claims lodged by Afghan applicants. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Under Asylum Law, Article 15, the threshold to exclude a person from subsidiary protection became lower: instead of violating national security, it is enough if the person's stay in the country endangers national security. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Estonia |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The amendment of the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens allows the PBGB to request assistance from EASO and to be involved in the processing of an asylum application in the territory of another state, based on an international agreement or an EU act. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Switzerland |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The provisions concerning the new accelerated asylum procedures entered into force on 1 March 2019, following the adoption of the new Asylum Law in September 2015, the national referendum in June 2016 and the pilot projects carried out in Zurich, Boudry and Giffers. |
CH LEG 01 2019 |
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Denmark |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Amendments to the Aliens Act and the Return Act foresee the possibility to transfer suddenly-arrived asylum seekers to a partner country outside of the EU to process their asylum applications and subsequently provide protection to those in need. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Belgium |
2021 |
Policy |
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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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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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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 |
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Czech Republic |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The reasons for excluding from or ending international protection were expanded following a legislative amendment. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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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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France |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The electronic communication between OFPRA and asylum applicants was extended to the entire territory of France. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Netherlands |
2022 |
Policy |
|
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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Denmark |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Danish parliament adopted a bill introducing the possibility to transfer asylum applicants for adjudication of asylum claims and subsequent protection in third countries. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Asylum Seeker (LMA)-cards were digitalised to include a QR code for the validity period, and a case-handling system was further developed for increased usability. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |