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Malta |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
Criteria for the Specific Residence Authorisation (SRA) policy was modified. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Switzerland |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
Switzerland launched a pilot programme for the employment integration of refugees and persons with temporary admission and concluded subsidy contracts with 14 cantons. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Finland |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Finnish Immigration Service started to notify applicants, whenever possible, through phone or videoconferencing about the decision on their application. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Bulgaria |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The State Agency for Refugees reviewed internal guidelines and rules and prepared an analysis of national jurisprudence for internal use. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Estonia |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
An updated version of the register of granting international protection (RAKS2) was launched, including new features that allow the inclusion of data on court procedures and an automated process for receiving country of origin information. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Germany |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
BAMF reviewed and clarified its internal instructions regarding procedures involving LGBTIQ applicants. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
|
Ireland |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence identified migrants, undocumented migrants, refugees and international protection applicants as requiring additional inclusion measures to address domestic sexual and gender-based violence. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Netherlands |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The recruitment of staff for the authorities in the migration chain continued throughout 2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
|
Netherlands |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Netherlands Forensic Institute changed its practice based on a recent literature review, and since October 2022, applicants with a mature collarbone are considered to be at least 18 years old, instead of 20 years. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration signed a memorandum with the Spanish Olympic Committee to promote sports in the reception system. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Malta |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Office of the Refugee Commissioner started implementing changes to reporting on case allocation and backlog. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Sweden |
2022 |
Policy |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The legal position was updated on a child’s age assessment for family reunification with recent CJEU case law. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
The government provided funding to increase the length of civic orientation from 60 to 100 hours. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
|
Sweden |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency launched a portal allowing legal counsellors to submit appeals against first instance decisions electronically. Another pilot continued, in cooperation with the Swedish National Courts Administration, to digitally transfer appeals between the agency and the courts. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
|
Croatia |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Access to information |
The Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities updated its “Guide for Integration – Basic Information for the Integration of Foreigners into Croatian Society”. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Finland |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
The AMIF-funded PSYYKE project was launched to train reception staff on mental health work and draft a mental health work manual for the reception system. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Finland |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Access to information |
The website, Asylum in Finland, maintained by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, was improved. New information leaflets and videos with simple terminology were developed for applicants in the framework of the AMIF-funded ONE project. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
|
Cyprus |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Asylum Service was reinforced with additional staff in order to manage the increasing pressures on the asylum and reception systems. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Policy |
|
Processing asylum applications at first instance |
BAMF implemented the XAVIA project to ensure that all information related to asylum cases is shared electronically among public authorities. |
EASO Asylum Report 2020 |
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Belgium |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Information provision on the asylum procedure |
The CGRS launched a new website to inform applicants on the asylum procedure and their rights and obligations within the procedure. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Cyprus |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
Authorities started working on the development of an overall integrated national reception strategy. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
|
Finland |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Finnish Immigration Service initiated a new practice which allows applicant children younger than 12 years old to be heard more frequently, ensuring that the bests interests of the child are taken into account effectively and systematically in the asylum procedure. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Slovenia |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Government Office for the Care and Integration of Migrants, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Labor, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, the Police, the Ministry of Justice, 11 participating NGOs and UNHCR signed the revised standard operational procedures for the prevention and action in cases of sexual and gender-based violence against persons treated under the provisions of the International Protection Act. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
|
Germany |
2021 |
Policy |
|
Statelessness in the context of asylum |
The coalition agreement foresees to expand both the access to and the scope of residence permits for all undocumented people living in the country, including stateless individuals. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2022 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
|
Content of protection |
The Swedish Migration Agency provided clarification on the application of the economic requirement for family reunification, explaining in which cases beneficiaries of international protection and children are exempted from these rules. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |