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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
Presidential Decree No 77/17.11.2022 established Closed Controlled Access Centres (CCACs) on Samos, Kos, Leros, Lesvos and Chios as regional services of the Reception and Identification Service. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
A Ministerial Decision amended the framework of the ESTIA II programme for the accommodation of applicants for international protection. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Reception and Identification Service (RIS) created and deployed a team of case management assistants for reception facilities under its responsibility throughout Greece to ensure the identification of needs, referral and follow-up for all persons residing in reception facilities. A standard operating procedure was drafted to create a harmonised system for case management in first- and second-line reception. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2021 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Ministry for Migration and Asylum established a National Mechanism for the Detection and Protection of Unaccompanied Children, in cooperation with the IOM, Aris, METAdrasi and the Network for Children’s Rights. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Greek Asylum Service launched the procedure to register rapporteurs in the special register in the regions of Samos, Lesvos and Chios. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Policy |
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Access to information |
The Ministry of Migration and Asylum launched an online helpdesk for beneficiaries of international protection. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A new classification of laws on international protection, reception and temporary protection was set in a new code through Law No 4939/2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
A new law outlined the development of information systems in reception structures and clarified the end of material reception conditions for recognised beneficiaries of international protection. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Reception capacity decreased and the ESTIA programme was completed and discontinued. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2021 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
A ministerial decision underlined that material reception conditions can be withdrawn, keeping the right to education and medical support, when an applicant breaches the accommodation rules of any type of facility, especially in the case of violent behaviour. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Hungary |
2021 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
The special conditions to submit an asylum application which were introduced by the Hungarian government in May 2020 were extended until 31 December 2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Article 80/K(11) now also includes persons whose status ceased or was revoked, meaning that when they submit a subsequent application under the rules applicable during a state of crisis caused by mass migration, they will not be entitled to a residence permit, material reception conditions or access to work. Previously this section included only persons whose application was rejected or terminated with a final decision. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The definition of a particular social group changed under Asylum Law, Article 64(1d): before the two elements (common characteristics, distinct identity in the relevant country) were alternative, divided by an or, now and and links them and the two elements are cumulative. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
Law CLXII of 2020 modifies Law LVIII of 2020 and extends the application of special rules for the asylum procedure until 30 June 2020. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
A new Article 80 was added to the Asylum Decree: This allows the NDGAP to ask for support from the National Security Service to access data available on any objects under seizure. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2019 |
Institutional |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Reception Facilities Supervisory Unit became responsible for operating and managing reception facilities. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Hungary |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Hungarian Government extended the time limit of Government Decree 41/2016 (III. 9.) stating that there was a continued state of crisis caused by mass migration. |
HU LEG 02 2019 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
A new section and a new Article 32/Z was added to the Asylum Law: This allows the NDGAP to confiscate any object (for example, mobile phones, laptops) when the facts cannot be clarified otherwise, there would be a significant delay in clarifying the facts without confiscation or not seizing the object would jeopardise the success of the examination procedure. Previously the rules of the General Administrative Law defined the rules for seizure. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
Asylum Law, Article 31/A(1a) was amended: It was added that there needs to be a risk of absconding, in order to take a foreigner into detention, when he/she did not apply for asylum and the Dublin III Regulation might apply. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Asylum Law, Article 75/A included hosted persons (national form of protection) in the rules for reviewing the protection status. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Paragraph 8a was added under Asylum Law, Article 32/Y to clarify circumstances when the procedure to enforce a financial claim - which arose during the asylum procedure - ceases. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
Government Decree No 233/2020 (V.26.) defined special rules for the asylum procedure and requires applicants to submit a letter of intent at a Hungarian diplomatic mission in a non-EU country prior to their entry to Hungary and application for asylum. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2019 |
Legislative |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
An amendment entered into force which added new criteria for compulsory confinement of third country nationals under the Aliens Policing Procedure. |
HU LEG 03 2019 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
A new point k) was added under Asylum Law, Article 86(1): The NDGAP can also request data from authority responsible for citizenship matters, in order to fulfil its task. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2019 |
Institutional |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Hungarian Immigration and Asylum Office (IAO) was transformed into the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (NDGAP) and is now under the management of the Police. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |