Country Report Portugal

Country Report Portugal

Country Report: Portugal 2019 Update Acknowledgements & Methodology This report was written by Inês Carreirinho at the Portuguese Refugee Council (CPR), and was edited by ECRE. The information in this report draws on the experience of CPR staff, gathered inter alia through research, advocacy, legal assistance and reception services, as well as data and information shared by national authorities, civil society organisations and other stakeholders consisting of CRegC, CRESCER, CSTA, DGE, DGEstE, IOM, ISS, OTSH, SCML, SEF, and UNHCR. The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not in any way represent the views of the contributing organisations. The information in this report is up-to-date as of 31 December 2019, unless otherwise stated. The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) is coordinated by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE). It aims to provide up-to date information on asylum practice in 23 countries. This includes 19 EU Member States (AT, BE, BG, CY, DE, ES, FR, GR, HR, HU, IE, IT, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI) and 4 non-EU countries (Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom) which is easily accessible to the media, researchers, advocates, legal practitioners and the general public through the dedicated website www.asylumineurope.org. The database also seeks to promote the implementation and transposition of EU asylum legislation reflecting the highest possible standards of protection in line with international refugee and human rights law and based on best practice. This report is part of the Asylum Information Database (AIDA), funded by the European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM), a collaborative initiative by the Network of European Foundations, and the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of ECRE and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of EPIM or the European Commission. Table of Contents Glossary & List of Abbreviations ......................................................................................... 6 Statistics ................................................................................................................................ 8 Overview of the legal framework .........................................................................................11 Overview of the main changes since the previous report update .....................................17 Asylum Procedure ................................................................................................................22 A. General ....................................................................................................................................... 22 1. Flow chart ................................................................................................................................. 22 2. Types of procedures ................................................................................................................ 23 3. List of authorities that intervene in each stage of the procedure ............................................. 23 4. Determining authority ............................................................................................................... 23 5. Short overview of the asylum procedure .................................................................................. 24 B. Access to the procedure and registration .............................................................................. 26 1. Access to the territory and push backs .................................................................................... 26 2. Registration of the asylum application ..................................................................................... 28 C. Procedures ................................................................................................................................ 29 1. Regular procedure ................................................................................................................... 29 2. Dublin ....................................................................................................................................... 38 3. Admissibility procedure ............................................................................................................ 49 4. Border procedure (border and transit zones) ........................................................................... 52 5. Accelerated procedure ............................................................................................................. 57 D. Guarantees for vulnerable groups .......................................................................................... 60 1. Identification ............................................................................................................................. 60 2. Special procedural guarantees ................................................................................................ 66 3. Use of medical reports ............................................................................................................. 68 4. Legal representation of unaccompanied children .................................................................... 68 E. Subsequent applications ......................................................................................................... 70 F. The safe country concepts ...................................................................................................... 72 1. Safe country of origin ............................................................................................................... 72 2. Safe third country ..................................................................................................................... 73 3. First country of asylum ............................................................................................................. 74 G. Information for asylum seekers and access to NGOs and UNHCR ..................................... 75 1. Provision of information on the procedure ............................................................................... 75 2. Access to NGOs and UNHCR.................................................................................................. 77 H. Differential treatment of specific nationalities in the procedure ......................................... 77 Reception Conditions ...........................................................................................................79 A. Access and forms of reception conditions ............................................................................ 79 1. Criteria and restrictions to access reception conditions ........................................................... 79 2. Forms and levels of material reception conditions ................................................................... 82 3. Reduction or withdrawal of reception conditions...................................................................... 84 4. Freedom of movement ............................................................................................................. 86 B. Housing ...................................................................................................................................... 87 1. Types of accommodation ......................................................................................................... 87 2. Conditions in reception facilities ............................................................................................... 89 C. Employment and education ..................................................................................................... 91 1. Access to the labour market..................................................................................................... 91 2. Access to education ................................................................................................................. 95 D. Health care ................................................................................................................................. 97 E. Special reception needs of vulnerable groups ...................................................................... 99 F. Information for asylum seekers and access to reception centres .................................... 102 1. Provision of information on reception ..................................................................................... 102 2. Access to reception centres by third parties .......................................................................... 103 G. Differential treatment of specific nationalities in reception ............................................... 103 Detention of Asylum Seekers ............................................................................................ 104 A. General ..................................................................................................................................... 104 B. Legal framework of detention ................................................................................................ 105 1. Grounds for detention ............................................................................................................ 105 2. Alternatives to detention ......................................................................................................... 106 3. Detention of vulnerable applicants ........................................................................................

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