Table of Contents
Glossary ................................................................................................................................................... 6
List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................... 7
Statistics................................................................................................................................................... 9
Overview of the legal framework ......................................................................................................... 12
Overview of main changes since the previous report update .......................................................... 22
Asylum Procedure ................................................................................................................................. 28
A.
General ...................................................................................................................................... 28
1.
Flow chart ................................................................................................................................ 28
2.
Types of procedures ................................................................................................................ 29
3.
List of authorities that intervene in each stage of the procedure ............................................. 29
4.
Determining authority .............................................................................................................. 29
5.
Short overview of the asylum procedure ................................................................................. 31
B.
Access to the procedure and registration ............................................................................. 33
1.
Reception and identification procedure ................................................................................... 49
2.
Registration of the asylum application ..................................................................................... 65
C.
Procedures ................................................................................................................................ 69
1.
Regular procedure ................................................................................................................... 69
2.
Dublin ...................................................................................................................................... 88
3.
Admissibility procedure .......................................................................................................... 100
4.
Border procedure (border and transit zones) ........................................................................ 109
5.
Fast-track border procedure (Eastern Aegean islands) ......................................................... 111
6.
Accelerated procedure .......................................................................................................... 125
D.
Guarantees for vulnerable groups ........................................................................................ 128
1.
Identification .......................................................................................................................... 128
2.
Use of medical reports ........................................................................................................... 144
3.
Legal representation of unaccompanied children .................................................................. 146
E.
Subsequent applications ....................................................................................................... 148
F.
The safe country concepts .................................................................................................... 152
1.
Safe country of origin ............................................................................................................. 153
2.
Safe third country .................................................................................................................. 154
3.
First country of asylum .......................................................................................................... 168
G.
H.
Information for asylum seekers and access to NGOs and UNHCR ................................... 168
1.
Provision of information on the procedure ............................................................................. 168
2.
Access to NGOs and UNHCR ............................................................................................... 171
Differential treatment of specific nationalities in the procedure ....................................... 173
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