Table of Contents
Glossary ..................................................................................................................................7
List of Abbreviations ..............................................................................................................8
Statistics .................................................................................................................................9
Overview of the legal framework .........................................................................................11
Overview of the main changes since the previous report update .....................................18
Asylum Procedure ................................................................................................................25
A.
General ................................................................................................................................... 25
1.
Flow chart........................................................................................................................... 25
2.
Types of procedures .......................................................................................................... 27
3.
List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure ........................................ 27
4.
Determining authority ........................................................................................................ 28
5. Short overview of the asylum procedure.............................................................................. 30
B.
Access to the procedure and registration ............................................................................ 32
1.
Access to the territory and push backs ............................................................................ 32
2.
Reception and identification procedure............................................................................ 37
3.
Registration of the asylum application ............................................................................. 49
C.
Procedures............................................................................................................................. 55
1.
Regular procedure ............................................................................................................. 55
2.
Dublin ................................................................................................................................. 72
3.
Admissibility procedure .................................................................................................... 85
4.
Border procedure (airport and port transit zones) ........................................................... 91
5.
Fast-track border procedure (Eastern Aegean islands) ................................................... 93
6.
Accelerated procedure .................................................................................................... 107
D.
Guarantees for vulnerable groups ...................................................................................... 109
1.
Identification .................................................................................................................... 109
2.
Special procedural guarantees ....................................................................................... 123
3.
Use of medical reports..................................................................................................... 127
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