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Acronyms and abbreviations
| 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 |