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  • Projects and activities | Last updated: 28 Oct 2022

INFORM: Legal and Procedural Information for Asylum Seekers in the European Union

Migration and Demography

Brief me

The project aims at improving the legal and procedural information provided to asylum seekers in order to improve the quality of asylum decisions and reduce asylum appeals in the EU. The project’s objectives are the following:

  • To assess the legal and procedural information that is provided to asylum seekers in the selected countries focusing on the content, the accessibility, the form and the source of the information.
  • To develop a set of guidelines and standards that builds on the EU acquis and related refugee protection framework as well as a set of indicators to assess the quality of information.
  • To identify and showcase of best practices from the selected EU Member States in the provision of legal and procedural information.
  • To assess the implications of legal and procedural information on the quality of decision-making at both first instance asylum applications and, when unsuccessful, at appeal.
  • To develop a community of practice and learning that will bring together relevant stakeholders from various countries to share information.