Search within Asylum Report 2024
Acronyms and abbreviations
| ADDE | Lawyers for the Defence of Foreigners’ Rights (Belgium) |
| AI | artificial intelligence |
| AIMA | Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (Portugal) |
| AMIF | Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund |
| APD | Asylum Procedures Directive |
| ASGI | Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (Italy) |
| 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) |
| BFA | Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum (Austria) |
| CALL | Council for Alien Law Litigation (Belgium) |
| CCAC | Closed Controlled Access Centres (Greece) |
| CEAR | Spanish Commission for Refugees |
| CEAS | Common European Asylum System |
| CETI | migrant temporary reception centre (Spain) |
| 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) |
| CNRR | National Council for Refugees (Romania) |
| COA | Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers) (Netherlands) |
| COI | country of origin information |
| CPR | return and repatriation centre (Italy) |
| CPT | Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture |
| CRPD | UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| DSA | Detention Service Agency (Malta) |
| DT&V | Repatriation and Departure Service (Netherlands) |
| EASO | European Asylum Support Office |
| ECRE | European Council on Refugees and Exiles |
| ECHR | European Charter of Human Rights |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| EEAS | European External Action Service |
| EES | Entry/Exit System |
| EIGE | European Institute for Gender Equality |
| EMN | European Migration Network |
| ENS | European Network on Statelessness |
| EPS | EUAA’s Early Warning and Preparedness System |
| ESTIA | Emergency Support to Integration and Accommodation |
| ETIAS | European Travel Information and Authorisation System |
| 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 |
| GNCHR | Greek National Commission on Human Rights |
| GRETA | Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings |
| IDS | Information and Documentation System |
| IGC | Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees |
| IHEC | Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission |
| IND | Immigration and Naturalisation Service (Netherlands) |
| IPAC | Administrative Court for International Protection (Cyprus) |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| JHA | Justice and Home Affairs |
| JRS | Jesuit Refugee Service |
| LGBTIQ | lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, intersex and queer |
| LIBE | European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, 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 |
| NOAS | Norwegian Organisation of Asylum Seekers |
| OAR | Asylum and Refugee Office (Spain) |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OFPRA | Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides) (France) |
| ONA | National Reception Office (Luxembourg) |
| OPU | Organization for Aid to Refugees (Czechia) |
| PBGB | Police and Border Guard Board (Estonia) |
| PMM | Presidency for Migration Management |
| PTSD | post-traumatic stress disorder |
| QD | Qualification Directive |
| RCD | Reception Conditions Directive |
| RD | Returns Directive |
| RIC | Reception and Identification Centre (Greece) |
| SAI | Hospitality and Integration System (Italy) |
| SAR | search and rescue |
| SBGS | State Border Guard Service (Lithuania) |
| SEM | State Secretariat for Migration (Switzerland) |
| SIS | Schengen Information System |
| SMA | Swedish Migration Agency (Sweden) |
| SOGIESC | sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and sex characteristics |
| UDI | Directorate for Immigration (Norway) |
| UNCAT | UN Committee Against Torture |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund |
| UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
| WHO | World Health Organization |