Table of contents
Statistics...................................................................................................................... 6
Overview of the legal framework ............................................................................... 8
Overview of the main changes since the previous report update .........................11
Asylum Procedure .....................................................................................................12
A.
General ........................................................................................................................12
1.
Flow chart .................................................................................................................12
2.
Types of procedures .................................................................................................13
3.
List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure ...................................13
4.
Number of staff and nature of the first instance authority ..........................................14
5.
Short overview of the asylum procedure ...................................................................15
B.
Procedures ..................................................................................................................18
1.
Registration of the Asylum Application......................................................................18
A.
Under the Old Procedure: ............................................................................................18
B.
Under the New Procedure: ...........................................................................................19
C. Common to both old and new procedures: ...................................................................22
2.
Regular procedure ....................................................................................................25
General (scope, time limits) ......................................................................................................... 25
Appeal .......................................................................................................................................... 27
Personal Interview ........................................................................................................................ 32
Legal assistance .......................................................................................................................... 36
3.
Dublin .......................................................................................................................37
Procedure ..................................................................................................................................... 37
Appeal .......................................................................................................................................... 40
Personal Interview ........................................................................................................................ 40
Legal assistance .......................................................................................................................... 41
Suspension of transfers ............................................................................................................... 41
4.
Admissibility procedures ...........................................................................................41
5.
Border procedure (border and transit zones) ............................................................42
General (scope, time-limits) ........................................................................................................... 1
Appeal .......................................................................................................................................... 44
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