This publication consists of the Synthesis Report of a small-scale study undertaken by ten National Contact Points (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom) of the European Migration Network (EMN). There is an accompanying cd-rom whit the Country Study’s produced by each of these EMN National Contact Points, from which the Synthesis Report (also provided on the cd-rom along with the study specifications) was produced.
A brief overview on the development of reception facilities is given too. Generally, the processing of asylum applicants is undertaken in two stages. In the first procedural phase, at least the basic conditions of determining asylum status with regard to the Dublin Convention and the safe country regulations are checked and, in all Member States, this is related to obligatory placements in accommodation; while in other Member States, there is only an obligation to contact the institution responsible for asylum procedures regularly.
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