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Germany |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
Germany announced adapting its policy on women and girls from Afghanistan. |
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Germany |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Legal assistance and representation |
The German parliament adopted a bill replacing state-run counselling with a new system, combining the first stage of counselling by BAMF and independent counselling, financed by the federal government but carried out by welfare associations or other civil society organisations. |
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Germany |
2022 |
Policy |
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Resettlement and humanitarian admissions |
Germany launched a new programme at the federal level to admit 1,000 vulnerable Afghan nationals per month. |
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Germany |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The legal framework on social benefits was revised for German nationals and beneficiaries of international protection. |
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Germany |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
BAMF introduced the ""Assistance System for Hearings"", a digital tool to support case officers in their work. |
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Germany |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The draft of the Second Law for the Introduction of a Right of Opportunity to Stay proposed to make language and integration courses available for all applicants, regardless of their prospects of staying in the country |
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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. |
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France |
2022 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Ministry of the Interior published an instruction in April 2022 requesting the prefects to harmonise practices related to victims who were trafficked for sexual exploitation. |
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France |
2022 |
Policy |
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Information provision on the asylum procedure |
OFPRA launched a new website to improve access to information. |
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France |
2022 |
Institutional |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A new OFPRA branch office was established in Mayotte for the lodging of applications for international protection in the territory. |
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France |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The CNDA updated its assessment of indiscriminate violence resulting from a situation of armed conflict which prevailed in 12 regions of Somalia. |
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France |
2022 |
Policy |
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Interpretation services |
OFPRA updated the charter for interpreters and translators. |
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France |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
A new law was adopted on child protection, including the requirement for child welfare services to inform unaccompanied minors about the possibility to apply for international protection and the support which is available for them. |
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France |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The electronic communication between OFPRA and asylum applicants was extended to the entire territory of France. |
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France |
2022 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
A ministerial instruction defined the priorities of the integration policy for 2022, including integration through employment. |
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France |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Inter-Ministerial Information Note of 18 November 2022 includes good practices on the first assessment of health needs of people claiming to be minors during the temporary emergency reception period. |
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Finland |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
The government put a legislative proposal to consultation on the comprehensive reform of integration. The new system would increase the responsibility of municipalities in the integration process. The programme would include an exam in the Finnish or Swedish language. |
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Finland |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Finnish Immigration Service announced in March 2023 that it had gathered sufficient, updated country information from Afghanistan on the security situation of different provinces and had been able to start making decisions for all Afghan applicants. |
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Finland |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Statelessness in the context of asylum |
The Ministry of the Interior proposed amendments to the Nationality Act to update the definitions of a stateless person, in line with international treaties, eliminating the distinction between voluntarily stateless and involuntarily stateless person. However, the parliament did not manage to consider the proposal by the end of the electoral term (29 March 2023) and it was allowed to lapse. The next government will decide if the changes are proposed again. |
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Finland |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
The Border Guard Act was amended to allow the authorities to centralise the reception of applicants at the border during an exceptionally high number of arrivals. |
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Finland |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
Law No 1294/2022 was adopted to improve the identification and referral of victims of trafficking and their right to services and assistance, irrespective of the progress of criminal proceedings. |
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Finland |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Minors who have received international protection became exempted from the requirement of having sufficient financial resources for family reunification. |
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Finland |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
Government legislative proposal 132/2022 was submitted to parliament in order to enable applicants for international protection to be registered in the Civil Registry at an earlier stage and to ease the prerequisites for registration. |
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Finland |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Content of protection |
Several legislative amendments were introduced to prepare for the transfer of responsibility for organising health and social services, including integration services, from municipalities to wellbeing services counties. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Finland |
2022 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Immigration Service announced in February 2023 that gender alone would constitute a sufficient reason to grant international protection to Afghan women and girls. |
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