Asylum Procedure A. General 1. Flow chart Not available for 2024. 2. Types of procedures Indicators: Types of Procedures 1. Which types of procedures exist in your country? ❖ Regular procedure: ▪ Prioritised examination:10 ▪ Fast-track processing:11 ❖ Dublin procedure: ❖ Admissibility procedure: ❖ Border procedure: ❖ Accelerated procedure:12 ❖ 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 Application ❖ At the border ❖ On the territory Dublin Competent authority (EN) Competent authority (GR) Asylum Service, RIS Υπηρεσία Ασύλου, Υπηρεσία Υποδοχής Asylum Service Asylum Service Independent Appeals Committees (Appeals Authority) First Instance Administrative Court of Athens or Thessaloniki Asylum Service Asylum service Hellenic Police (for the old procedure) Refugee status determination First appeal Onward appeal Subsequent application Revocation / Withdrawal Υπηρεσία Ασύλου Υπηρεσία Ασύλου Ανεξάρτητες Επιτροπές Προσφυγών (Αρχή Προσφυγών) Διοικητικό Πρωτοδικείο Αθηνών ή Θεσσαλονίκης Υπηρεσία Ασύλου Υπηρεσία Ασύλου Ελληνική Αστυνομία The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) is also involved at different stages of the procedure, as is explained further below under Determining authority. 4. Determining authority 10 11 12 Name in English Number of staff Ministry responsible Asylum Service 965 (permanent and interim staff, EUAA embedded staff) as of April 2024 Ministry on Migration and Asylum Is there any political interference possible by the responsible Minister with the decision making in individual cases by the first instance authority? Yes No 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