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Iceland |
2020 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
An additional fixed amount subsistence allowance was paid to applicants for international protection. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Iceland |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Statelessness in the context of asylum |
Iceland acceded to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness in the context of asylum. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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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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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
Law LVIII of 2020 ratified Government Decree 2020 (V.26.) on special rules for the asylum procedure until 31 December 2020. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
Asylum Law, Article 86/A was amended: The NDGAP can receive and process personal data that are publicly available due to public interest, including from foreign databases. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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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Article 80/K(11) now also includes persons whose status ceased or was revoked, meaning that when they submit a subsequent application under the rules applicable during a state of crisis caused by mass migration, they will not be entitled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 |
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 |
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 |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
Asylum Law, Article 31/A(10) was amended: It was added that asylum detention can also take place - in exceptional cases - in a health care institution. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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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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Greece |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
Children's protective custody was abolished. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Policy |
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Legal assistance and representation |
The Greek Asylum Service launched a call to extend the Register of Lawyers providing legal aid to applicants for international protection |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
2020 |
Policy |
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Access to procedure |
In the framework of the Consolidated Government Policy Plan 2021, the Prime Minister announced among the main projects related to asylum and migration the establishment of an innovative closed controlled structures on the island and inland with multiple levels of security. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Decisions may be notified by e-mail, where the decision is considered to be notified 48 hours after it was sent to the applicant. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |