Acronyms and abbreviations

Acronyms and abbreviations

AIMA Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (Portugal)
AMIF Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
AMMR Asylum and Migration Management Regulation
APD Asylum Procedures Directive
APR Asylum Procedures Regulation
BAMF Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Germany)
CALL Council for Alien Law Litigation (Belgium)
CEAS Common European Asylum System
CGRS Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (Belgium)
CIP Common Implementation Plan for the Pact on Migration and Asylum
CJEU Court of Justice of the EU
COA Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers) (Netherlands)
COI country of origin information
CRPD UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
ECRE European Council on Refugees and Exiles
ECHR European Charter of Human Rights
ECtHR European Court of Human Rights
ENS European Network on Statelessness
EU European Union
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
FGM/C female genital mutilation/cutting
FRA European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Frontex European Border and Coast Guard Agency
GPDR General Data Protection Regulation
GII General Inspectorate for Immigration (Romania)
IAB Immigration Appeals Board (Ireland)
IDS Information and Documentation System
IND Immigration and Naturalisation Service (Netherlands)
IPA International Protection Agency (Malta)
IPAT International Protection Appeals Tribunal (Ireland)
IPO International Protection Office (Ireland)
IOM International Organization for Migration
JHA Justice and Home Affairs
MedCOI medical country of origin information
MENA Middle East and North Africa
MOAS Migrant Offshore Aid Station (Malta)
NGO non-governmental organisation
OFPRA Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides) (France)
QD Qualification Directive
RCD Reception Conditions Directive
SAR State Agency for Refugees (Bulgaria)
SMA Swedish Migration Agency (Sweden)
SOGIESC sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and sex characteristics
UDI Directorate for Immigration (Norway)
UNE Immigration Appeals Board (Norway)
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East