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UNHCR Recommendations to Denmark on Strengthening Refugee Protection in Denmark, Europe and Globally UNHCR recommendations to Denmark on strengthening refugee protection in Denmark, Europe and globally This document sets out a number of recommendations, which the Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has developed, with a view to further strengthen the protection of refugees in Denmark, as well as to support Denmark’s engagement in European and international fora where issues of refugee protection and asylum are being discussed. The recommendations are addressed to the Danish Government, parliamentarians and all other relevant actors and stakeholders and aim at contributing to constructive discussions on improvements of the protection and integration systems for refugees and stateless persons at the national, regional and international level. UNHCR offers these recommendations as the agency entrusted by the UN General Assembly with the global mandate to provide international protection to refugees and, together with Governments, seek permanent solutions to their plight.1 UNHCR is responsible for supervising the application of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Convention) – to which Denmark is a State party. The UN General Assembly has further entrusted UNHCR with a global mandate to provide protection to stateless persons worldwide and for preventing and reducing statelessness.2 1. Introduction For decades, Denmark has made important contributions to international refugee protection – including through maintaining a well-established asylum and reception system, engaging in comprehensive integration efforts and participating in UNHCR’s resettlement programme. As one of the first parties to sign on to the 1951 Convention, Denmark has a long tradition of providing sanctuary to those in need of international protection. Denmark is also a State party to both the 1954 and 1961 Statelessness Conventions and has over the years demonstrated a strong commitment to support efforts to end statelessness. Like in several other European countries, the issues around refugee protection have increasingly been the subject of intense political and public debate in Denmark over the past decade – a politization that has led to an increasingly restrictive climate and regrettably at times have been accompanied by a harsh rhetoric and measures that have undermined the public support for the protection and integration of refugees. With regard to Denmark’s engagement on global refugee issues, UNHCR appreciates the strong partnership and cooperation that exists between Denmark and UNHCR in supporting the protection of the high number of forcibly displaced persons around the world and in the search for solutions to their plight. Denmark is a very important donor to UNHCR’s global activities, enabling UNHCR to address critical humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable refugee populations as well as strengthening and building capacity in host countries. 1 UN General Assembly, UNHCR Statute, 14 December 1950, www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3628.html, para. 1. 2 UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/50/152, 9 February 1996, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3b00f31d24.html, reiterated in subsequent resolutions. 2. Strengthening protection and integration policies in Denmark While UNHCR acknowledges the challenges Denmark faced when responding to the increased number of asylum-seekers who arrived in Denmark in 2015 and 2016, UNHCR is concerned with the pace and scope of the restrictions that successive Danish Governments have introduced over the years to restrict asylum space. The measures, which were intended to deal with an exceptional situation, have remained in place even as the situation has normalized, and Denmark over the past years have seen the lowest number of asylum-seekers in a decade. Over the past years, UNHCR has submitted observations on a range of Danish law proposals, such as the introduction of a temporary subsidiary protection category,3 confiscation of valuables from asylum- seekers,4 restrictions on family reunification,5 reduced social benefits for refugees,6 introduction of short-term residence permits,7 mandatory regular review of protection needs,8 increased use of cessation,9 restrictive criteria for permanent residency and the temporary halt of the resettlement programme.10 UNHCR also regrets the adoption in 2019 of a package of legislative changes known as the so-called “paradigm shift” which places a disproportionate emphasis on the temporariness of asylum and thereby risks unsettling persons with strong protection needs and hindering their quick and supported integration into the Danish society.11 2.1. Quality asylum and reception system Overall, Denmark has a well-established asylum and reception system, which guarantees the right for individuals to apply for asylum in the country and to have their asylum application processed in a fair and efficient asylum procedure. Continuous investment in the first instance procedure performed by the Danish Immigration Service (DIS), including through quality management, can enhance the quality and timeliness of asylum decisions, which then are less likely to be overturned at second instance and may also reduce the number of appeals. UNHCR further recommends sustained support of the role performed by the Refugee Appeals Board (RAB) as the second instance. Such investments would in turn reduce the cost of reception conditions, thus saving resources and produce more efficient and fairer decisions for asylum-seekers. UNHCR stands ready to continue to provide support to the DIS and RAB in their work on quality assurance and fulfilling Denmark’s international obligations. 3 UNHCR, Observations by the UNHCR Regional Representation for Northern Europe on the proposed amendments to the Danish Aliens Act (L67): Midlertidig beskyttelsesstatus for visse udlændinge samt afvisning af realitetsbehandling af asylansøgninger, når ansøgeren har opnået beskyttelse i et andet EU-land mv.), November 2014 https://www.refworld.org/docid/5813224b7.html (UNHCR Observations, November 2014). 4 UNHCR Observations on the proposed amendments to the Danish Aliens legislation, https://www.refworld.org/docid/5694ed3a4.html (UNHCR Observations on L87, January 2016), paras. 41-52. 5 Ibid. no. 3 - UNHCR Observations on L 67; November 2014. 6 UNHCR Observations on the proposed amendments to the Danish Social Security legislation, 12 January 2016 https://www.refworld.org/docid/5694ec964.html; UNHCR Observations on the proposed amendments to the Danish Social Security legislation (reduction of social welfare and change of bonus for language level test), 15 November 2017 https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/5a0e95245.pdf. 7 Ibid. no. 4 - UNHCR Observations on L 87, January 2016. 8 Ibid. no. 4 - UNHCR Observations on L 87, January 2016. 9 UNHCR Press release https://www.unhcr.org/neu/dk/24533-unhcr-flygtninge-bor-have-sikkerhed-for-at-de-ikke-sendes- hjem-til-usikker-situation.html. 10 UNHCR Press release https://www.unhcr.org/neu/dk/21513-unhcr-beklager-danmarks-beslutning-om-ikke-at-genstarte- modtagelsen-af-kvoteflygtninge.html. 11 UNHCR Observations on the Proposed Amendments to the Danish Aliens Legislation (Sags Nr. 2018-20616, Akt Nr. 598518), 18 January 2019 https://www.refworld.org/docid/5c6bccf16.html (UNHCR Observations, L140, January 2019) 2 | Page UNHCR recommends Denmark to uphold the quality and efficiency of the Danish asylum procedure including by ensuring continued commitment to quality decision-making and safeguarding the resources of the Danish Integration Service and the Refugee Appeals Board. 2.2. Regular review of protection status and use of cessation UNHCR has long advocated that refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection are entitled to a secure and stable protection status, which should not be subject to regular review. Frequent periodic reviews of the protection need often undermine refugees’ sense of security and hinders their integration. That is not to say that once protection has been accorded it can never cease. The refugee protection system – as set out in the 1951 Convention – was designed with that in mind, but an important feature is that refugees should be able to rely on that protection unless significant changes take place in the country they fled from which would bring to end the risk to their lives. It was never the intention that refugees were to be subjected to constant reassessments once their protection needs first had been established. From that moment focus should be on providing refugees with a set of rights and support in order to restart their lives, enable them to provide for themselves and their families and contribute to the society that hosts them. As earlier expressed in observations on the related law proposal,12 UNHCR is concerned about the introduction in early 2019 of a regular mandatory review applicable to all persons in need of international protection when their residence permits expire. As their status may be reviewed not only as a result of new country of origin information, but on any occasion when their residence permit has to be renewed, beneficiaries of international protection are left in uncertainty, also as the permits are of a short duration. UNHCR further observes that regular, mandatory status reviews may not only be detrimental for the individual, but also create an unnecessary burden on the asylum authorities and increased costs for the State. In many cases, it is unlikely that protection status will end, as the protection needs
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