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Netherlands |
2020 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
When assessing the recast Qualification Directive, Article 15(c) criteria on whether there is serious and individual threat to a civilian's life or person by reason of indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict, the IND needs to take into account whether there is a basic security structure present in the country of origin or in a specific area of the country. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Germany |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The German parliament adopted a bill providing for the possibility to have the personal interview through videoconferencing and without the presence of the legal representative. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Poland |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Content of protection |
A draft amendment was submitted to the Social Assistance Act, which aims to grant the right to individual integration programmes for beneficiaries of international protection married to Polish citizens (amendment accepted on 15 April 2021). |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
Law No 4960/2022 aims to establish a uniform national guardianship system for unaccompanied migrant children. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Switzerland |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Detention during the asylum procedure |
An amendment clarified that minors cannot be held in detention for the purposes of return. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Lithuania |
2022 |
Legislative |
|
Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
The right to appeal directly to the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court and thereafter to the Supreme Administrative Court was reinstated in Lithuania. The preliminary stage of disputing a Migration Department decision before the Migration Department Commission was abolished. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Italy |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Access to procedure |
The Head of the Civil Protection Department in Italy ordered in April 2020 that people who were rescued at sea or who arrived independently by sea needed to quarantine on specially-equipped ships before disembarkation. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Norway |
2022 |
Legislative |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
New regulations entered into force on determining the benefits for residents in asylum reception centres. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Italy |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Content of protection |
Legislative Decree No 34/2020 promoted regularisation on the basis of transforming undeclared work to regular employment in certain labour sectors, and this process could be initiated by asylum applicants as well. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Slovenia |
2022 |
Legislative |
|
Access to procedure |
The rules were amended on the procedure for foreigners who wish to apply for international protection and on the procedure for accepting applications for international protection in order to streamline them. Foreigners must be informed about the possibility of applying for international protection when there is an indication of such a need. The written statement presenting the reasons for the application for international protection is no longer required in the preliminary procedure. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Lithuania |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Return of former applicants |
New criteria were added for assessing whether there was a risk of absconding. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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France |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
A decree amended the terms of state-financing related to the reception of persons declaring to be unaccompanied children. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Greece |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
A law added two new types of Regional Services of the Reception and Identification Service: closed structures for temporary reception of applicants against whom a restraining order was issued and closed controlled structures of islands. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Hungary |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
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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Austria |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Return of former applicants |
The responsibility for return counselling and return assistance was shifted to the Federal Agency for Care and Support Services as of 1 January 2021. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Bulgaria |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Content of protection |
The amendments to the Law on Asylum and Refugees in Bulgaria added two new circumstances when international protection status ceases: when a beneficiary passes away or when a person refuses expressly to be recognised as a beneficiary of international protection. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Estonia |
2020 |
Legislative |
|
Access to procedure |
The Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens was amended allowing to extend the registration time limit to 10 working days exceptionally in emergency situations. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Ireland |
2022 |
Legislative |
|
Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
A bill was adopted to modify the National Referral Mechanism for human trafficking. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Netherlands |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
The Dublin procedure |
An amendment of the Dutch Aliens Act (Vw, Vreemdelingenwet), Article 50a, permitted applicants or Dublin claimants, who are legally residing after a decision on the asylum application and awaiting a Dublin transfer, to be stopped, transferred to a place to be questioned and kept in custody for a maximum of six hours if needed to assess whether detention is necessary in the framework of the Dublin procedure. |
NL LEG 01 2019 |
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Sweden |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Statelessness in the context of asylum |
Persons born in Sweden and having been stateless since birth may receive under certain conditions a permanent residence permit. |
SE LEG 01 2019 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Detention during the asylum procedure |
In the framework of the custody to secure departure (Ausreisegewahrsam), it was clarified that the risk of absconding is not a determining criteria. A person can be placed in custody to secure departure when the deadline for leaving the country has expired by more than 30 days. |
DE LEG 03 2019 |
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Germany |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Reception of applicants for international protection |
Labour market tests are no longer applied for the employment of foreigners whose removal has been suspended or applicants who have a permission to stay pending the asylum decision. |
DE LEG 05 2019 |
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Italy |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Access to procedure |
A new security decree adopted by the Council of Ministers stated that boats suspected of facilitating irregular migration may be refused entry into Italian ports and boats violating the ban could face substantial fines and be seized by the authorities. |
IT LEG 01 2019 |
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Austria |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Content of protection |
An amendment to the Integration Act requires the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs to provide German courses to a minimum B1 level to beneficiaries of international protection older than 15 years. |
AT LEG 04 2019 |
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Czech Republic |
2019 |
Legislative |
|
Special procedures to process asylum applications |
The time limit for the accelerated procedure for international protection was extended from 30 to 90 days. |
CZ LEG 01 2019 |