| AIDA |
Asylum Information Database |
| AMIF |
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund |
| ARC |
Asylum Research Centre |
| AWAS |
Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers |
| BAMF |
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany) |
| BBU |
Federal Agency for Reception and Support Services (Austria) |
| CALL |
Council for Alien Law Litigation (Belgium) |
| CARE |
Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe |
| CCAC |
Closed Controlled Access Centres (Greece) |
| CDCJ |
Council of Europe’s Committee on Legal Co-operation |
| CEAS |
Common European Asylum System |
| CGRS |
Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (Belgium) |
| CJEU |
Court of Justice of the EU |
| CNDA |
National Court of Asylum (France) |
| COA |
Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers) (Netherlands) |
| COI |
Country of origin information |
| CPT |
Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture |
| EASO |
European Asylum Support Office |
| ECDC |
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
| ECRE |
European Council on Refugees and Exiles |
| ECHR |
European Charter of Human Rights |
| ECtHR |
European Court of Human Rights |
| EMAS |
AMIF Emergency Assistance grant scheme |
| EMN |
European Migration Network |
| ENNHRI |
European Network of National Human Rights Institutions |
| ENS |
European Network on Statelessness |
| EPS |
EUAA’s Early Warning and Preparedness System |
| EU+ |
European Union Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland |
| EUAA |
European Union Agency for Asylum |
| eu-LISA |
European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice |
| FAC |
Federal Administrative Court (Switzerland) |
| FAR |
Frontex Application for Return |
| FGM/C |
Female genital mutilation/cutting |
| FRA |
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights |
| FRAC |
Finnish Refugee Advice Centre |
| Frontex |
European Border and Coast Guard Agency |
| FSWG |
Frontex Scrutiny Working Group |
| GDP |
Gross domestic product |
| GRETA |
Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings |
| ICMPD |
International Centre for Migration Policy Development |
| IDS |
Information and Documentation System |
| IGAD |
Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
| IND |
Immigration and Naturalisation Service (Netherlands) |
| IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
| IPA |
International Protection Agency (Malta) |
| JHA |
Justice and Home Affairs |
| LGBTIQ |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, intersex and queer |
| LIBE |
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs |
| MFF |
Multiannual Financial Framework |
| MIRPS |
Comprehensive Regional Framework for Protection and Solutions |
| NGO |
Non-governmental organisation |
| OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
| OFII |
Office for Immigration and Integration (Office Français de l’Immigration et de l’Intégration) (France) |
| OFPRA |
Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides) (France) |
| OLAF |
European Anti-Fraud Office |
| OPU |
Organization for Aid to Refugees (Czechia) |
| RIC |
Reception and Identification Centre (Greece) |
| RIS |
Reception and Identification Service (Greece) |
| SAI |
System for Reception and Integration (Italy) |
| SOGICA |
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum project |
| SOGIESC |
Sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and sex characteristics |
| SSAR |
Support Platform for the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees |
| TRIPS |
Identification of Trafficked International Protection Beneficiaries’ Special Needs project |
| UDI |
Directorate for Immigration (Norway) |
| UN CAT |
UN Committee Against Torture |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNRWA |
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
