NORDIC REGION: Doctors in Finland Warn Against Healthcare Restrictions for Undocumented People ― Norway Proposes Reforms to Increase Refugee Employment ― Sweden Planning € 30,000 Allowance for Voluntary Returns― Chinese Activist Denied Asylum in Denmark Seeks Refuge in Sweden

NORDIC REGION: Doctors in Finland Warn Against Healthcare Restrictions for Undocumented People ― Norway Proposes Reforms to Increase Refugee Employment ― Sweden Planning € 30,000 Allowance for Voluntary Returns― Chinese Activist Denied Asylum in Denmark Seeks Refuge in Sweden

Doctors in Finland have criticised the government’s proposal to withhold healthcare from undocumented people. Norway is planning to introduce significant amendments to the Integration Act to speed up the integration of refugees into the workforce. The Swedish...
HUNGARY: ‘Humiliating’ Portfolio for Hungarian Commissioner-designate Reflects Country’s Marginalisation Within EU, Opposition Says ― ECtHR Rules Against Hungarian State in Transit Zone Case ― EU Triggers ‘Offsetting Procedure’ to Recoup  €200 Million Unpaid Fine ― Hungary Ready to File Lawsuit Against Commission ― Commission to Use ‘All Powers’ to Stop Budapest Bus Threat ― Hungary Joins Netherlands in Requesting Opt-out from EU Asylum Rules

HUNGARY: ‘Humiliating’ Portfolio for Hungarian Commissioner-designate Reflects Country’s Marginalisation Within EU, Opposition Says ― ECtHR Rules Against Hungarian State in Transit Zone Case ― EU Triggers ‘Offsetting Procedure’ to Recoup  €200 Million Unpaid Fine ― Hungary Ready to File Lawsuit Against Commission ― Commission to Use ‘All Powers’ to Stop Budapest Bus Threat ― Hungary Joins Netherlands in Requesting Opt-out from EU Asylum Rules

European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen has allocated the health and animal welfare portfolio to Hungary’s Commissioner-designate Oliver Várhelyi in a move that the Hungarian opposition has described as ‘humiliating’ and a sign of Hungary’s increasing...
AIDA Country Report on Serbia – 2023 Update

AIDA Country Report on Serbia – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Serbia provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes an annex...