Asylum Procedure A. General 1. Flow chart Not available for 2025. 2. Types of procedures Indicators: Types of Procedures 1. Which types of procedures exist in your country? ❖ Regular procedure: ▪ Prioritised examination:17 ▪ Fast-track processing:18 ❖ Dublin procedure: ❖ Admissibility procedure: ❖ Border procedure: ❖ Accelerated procedure:19 ❖ Other: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No 2. Are any of the procedures that are foreseen in the law, not being applied in practice? Yes No 3. List of authorities that intervene in each stage of the procedure Stage of the procedure Competent authority (EN) Competent authority (GR) Asylum Service, RIS Υπηρεσία Ασύλου, Υπηρεσία Υποδοχής Dublin Asylum Service Υπηρεσία Ασύλου Refugee status determination Asylum Service Υπηρεσία Ασύλου Application ❖ At the border ❖ On the territory First appeal Onward appeal Independent Appeals Committees (Appeals Authority) First Instance Administrative Court of Athens or Thessaloniki Ανεξάρτητες Επιτροπές Προσφυγών (Αρχή Προσφυγών) Διοικητικό Πρωτοδικείο Αθηνών ή Θεσσαλονίκης Subsequent application Asylum Service Υπηρεσία Ασύλου Revocation / Withdrawal Asylum service Hellenic Police (for the old procedure) Υπηρεσία Ασύλου Ελληνική Αστυνομία Forced returns Hellenic Police Ελληνική Αστυνομία Voluntary returns IOM The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) is also involved at different stages of the procedure, as is explained further below under Determining authority. 17 18 19 For applications likely to be well-founded or made by vulnerable applicants. Accelerating the processing of specific caseloads as part of the regular procedure, without reducing procedural guarantees. Entailing lower procedural safeguards, whether labelled as ‘accelerated procedure’ in national law or not. 27