UNHCR’s observations to proposal to amend criteria for selection of refugees for resettlement to Denmark

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has carried out a study of the profile, experiences and reasons for flight of unaccompanied or separated children from Afghanistan seeking asylum in Sweden in 2015. The survey was conducted and supervised jointly by UNHCR Regional Bureau for Europe and UNHCR’s Regional Representation for Northern […]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted observations on Denmark’s proposal to amend the Danish Citizenship Act in regard to parents’ consent and a child’s ‘good conduct’, when the child derives Danish citizenship from a parent. The observations are available here.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted its observations to the law proposal concerning activities for asylum-seekers and municipality placements of unaccompanied children. The observations are available here.  

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted its observations to the Icelandic government’s law proposal on the Icelandic Act on Foreigners. The amendments are introducing a number of modifications in temporary permits for unaccompanied and separated children, duration and renewal of residence permits, family reunification and powers of the Chair […]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the proposed amendments of the Finnish Aliens Act.   The proposal has a number of objectives. Firstly, it seeks to improve the efficiency of the asylum procedure and ensure that rejected asylum-seekers are expelled. Secondly, the proposal aims to promote the […]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Estonian government’s law proposal that seeks to bring the national legislation in line with the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence as well as regulate trafficking. UNHCR welcomes the priority given to the […]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted its observations to the Icelandic government’s law proposal on the Icelandic Act on Foreigners. The amendments are introducing a number of modifications in increasing the number of Appeals Board members, transferring responsibilities from the Police to the Directorate of Immigration, and activity of […]

UNHCR’s observations to the law proposal on restrictions of the possibility to obtain a residence permit in Sweden.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Estonian government’s revised law proposal amending the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens and other related laws. In 2015, UNHCR submitted comments on the proposed amendments twice. While UNHCR notes the positive changes and improvements in the revised […]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted observations to the modalities surrounding the Citizenship Test and Naturalization Test in Denmark. The document is available here.