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Iceland |
2022 |
Institutional |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A temporary Council of Ministers for Immigrants and Refugees was appointed by proposal of the Prime Minister and approval of the government. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Hungary |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
The special conditions to submit an asylum application were extended until 31 December 2023. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Detention during the asylum procedure |
Presidential Decree No 77/17.11.2022 established Closed Controlled Access Centres (CCACs) on Samos, Kos, Leros, Lesvos and Chios as regional services of the Reception and Identification Service. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
The Reception and Identification Service (RIS) created and deployed a team of case management assistants for reception facilities under its responsibility throughout Greece to ensure the identification of needs, referral and follow-up for all persons residing in reception facilities. A standard operating procedure was drafted to create a harmonised system for case management in first- and second-line reception. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A new classification of laws on international protection, reception and temporary protection was set in a new code through Law No 4939/2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Policy |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
Reception capacity decreased and the ESTIA programme was completed and discontinued. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
Türkiye was retained as a safe third country. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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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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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A bill proposed to oblige the Asylum Service to obtain a health care professional’s advice for an applicant’s ability to be interviewed. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
A new integration strategy for applicants and beneficiaries of international protection was launched for consultation. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
The list of safe countries of origin was updated and Ukraine was removed from the list. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Access to procedure |
A new registration procedure was introduced for first-time applicants through Circular 5049/2022. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
A National Registry for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors was created to track the situation and adapt policies, decision-making, reception and other services accordingly. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at second or higher instance |
The Asylum Code codified the time limits for decisions on steps of the international protection procedure. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Policy |
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Content of protection |
A Ministerial Decision provided that the prescription of medicines, therapeutic operations and diagnostic examinations for patients without health insurance (many of them beneficiaries of international protection) is possible only by doctors of public hospitals and primary health care structures, not private doctors. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Processing asylum applications at first instance |
A bill proposed establishing a Fundamental Rights Officer in charge of assessing complaints of fundamental rights violations related to international protection procedures. The officer would refer the complainant to the relevant authorities where applicable. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Greece |
2022 |
Legislative |
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Special procedures to assess protection needs |
The application of the joint ministerial decision that provided for the application of the exceptional border procedure was not renewed. Border procedures apply only to applicants for international protection who arrive on the islands of Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos and Leros and live in a Reception and Identification Centre (RIC) or a Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC). |
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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. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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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. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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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. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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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. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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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 |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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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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Germany |
2022 |
Policy |
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Persons with special needs in the asylum procedure |
BAMF published a methodology for the identification of vulnerable applicants. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |
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Germany |
2022 |
Institutional |
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Reception of applicants for international protection |
The German Federal Ministry of the Interior increased its financial support to municipalities which accommodate applicants for international protection and beneficiaries of temporary protection. The federal government also provided federal buildings to municipalities to be used as reception facilities. |
EUAA Asylum Report 2023 |