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Spain |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Royal Decree 220/2022 of 29 March 2022 was adopted, approving the regulation governing the reception system. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Statelessness in the context of asylum |
A Royal Decree was adopted which guarantees stateless persons access to the national reception system for the duration of the Stateless Determination Procedure. This will ensure that children in the Stateless Determination Procedure have access to education and other integration programmes. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Resettlement and humanitarian admissions |
The government approved the National Resettlement Programme for 2023 which includes the resettlement of 1,200 refugees. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
Spain’s Council of Ministers adopted a draft bill on trafficking and exploitation which focuses on prevention, assistance and the protection of victims by guaranteeing a series of rights and support measures. A national referral mechanism for potential trafficking victims will also be created. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Spanish Ministry of Justice approved a preliminary draft of a new law on age assessments. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The government decided to increase the migration budged for 2022 by 29% with the allocation of additional funds aiming to improve reception conditions of applicants for international and temporary protection and migrants. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration announced that applicants for international protection who had not yet been given a final decision on their case would not be withdrawn from the national social security system. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Spain |
2022 |
Policy |
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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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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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The Dublin procedure |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a legal position on the applicability of the Dublin III Regulation vis-a-vis the United Kingdom after 31 December 2020. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a legal position on Palestinian passports and their assessment within the asylum procedure. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a legal position regarding certain Yemeni passports. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on the assessment of applications from Afghan citizens, based on revised country of origin information. The security situation was assessed to be largely unchanged and the legal position includes slight adjustments. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on the assessment of applications from Turkish citizens. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on the security situation in certain parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on the situation in the Tigray region in Ethiopia. (The legal position was repealed in 2021 and is no longer in force.) |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency published its legal position on the derivative status in asylum cases. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position in the assessment of applications from Syria. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A legal position was published on public assistants, outlining the requirements to be appointed by the Swedish Migration Agency. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Interpretation services |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a legal position on the competency check of interpreters and translators. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Statelessness in the context of asylum |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on the assessment of cases by stateless persons, who previously had their habitual residence in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. (The legal position was repealed in 2021 and is no longer in force.) |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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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 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Cross-Party Committee of Inquiry on Migration submitted its report on a sustainable long-term migration policy, proposing several changes to the Aliens Act. This would include for example that beneficiaries of international protection would first get a temporary residence permit. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Swedish Migration Agency updated its legal position on considering children's age in family reunification procedures, following the CJEU's relevant judgment. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
The Swedish Migration Agency published a legal position on the examination of the right to permanent residence permit under the Temporary Act for beneficiaries of international protection who are able to financially maintain themselves. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |
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Sweden |
2020 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
Legal position on residence permit for studies at upper secondary level. |
EASO Asylum Report 2021 |