Table of Contents
Glossary ..................................................................................................................................6
List of Abbreviations ..............................................................................................................7
Statistics .................................................................................................................................8
Overview of the legal framework .........................................................................................10
Overview of the main changes since the previous report update .....................................19
Asylum Procedure ................................................................................................................27
A.
General ........................................................................................................................................ 27
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Flow chart ................................................................................................................................. 27
Types of procedures ................................................................................................................ 29
List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure ................................................. 29
Determining authority ............................................................................................................... 30
Short overview of the asylum procedure................................................................................... 33
B. Access to the procedure and registration .................................................................................. 37
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C.
Access to the territory and push backs .................................................................................... 37
Reception and identification procedure .................................................................................... 40
Registration of the asylum application ..................................................................................... 52
Procedures ................................................................................................................................. 59
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D.
Regular procedure ................................................................................................................... 59
Dublin ....................................................................................................................................... 75
Admissibility procedure ............................................................................................................ 87
Border procedure (airport and port transit zones) .................................................................... 90
Fast-track border procedure (Eastern Aegean islands) ........................................................... 93
Accelerated procedure ........................................................................................................... 107
Guarantees for vulnerable groups ......................................................................................... 109
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Identification ........................................................................................................................... 109
Special procedural guarantees .............................................................................................. 127
Use of medical reports ........................................................................................................... 131
Legal representation of unaccompanied children .................................................................. 133
E.
Subsequent applications ......................................................................................................... 136
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The safe country concepts...................................................................................................... 139
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G.
Information for asylum seekers and access to NGOs and UNHCR .................................... 148
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H.
Safe third country ................................................................................................................... 139
First country of asylum ........................................................................................................... 146
Safe country of origin ............................................................................................................. 146
Provision of information on the procedure ............................................................................. 148
Access to NGOs and UNHCR................................................................................................ 150
Differential Treatment of specific nationalities in the procedure........................................ 151
Reception Conditions.........................................................................................................152