The Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (COMAR) has reviewed its internal processes in order to strengthen its individual case management system and implement simplification measures both at the registration and refugee status determination levels.
Netherlands
Support to the Asylum Capacity Support Group: In line with its comprehensive agenda on migration, NL is actively looking to support efforts focused on improving reception and protection in regions hosting large numbers of refugees and displaced persons. Therefore, NL supports the establishment of...
Malawi
1. Reception and admission: The Government of Republic of Malawi hereby commits to enhance Refugee Status Determination (RSD) through consideration of Group Determination (Prima Facie) for specific cases. 2. The Government of Republic of Malawi hereby commits to implement Legal and Policy Reform:...
Philippines: Capacity strengthening initiatives on refugee protection and statelessness
The Philippine Government has assumed full responsibility over the protection of asylum-seekers, refugees and stateless persons, through the refugee status determination procedure established in 1998 and later expanding to include the stateless status determination procedure in 2012, under the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Queer Sisterhood Project
Policy accompaniment to strengthen adjudication of asylum claims based on gender identity, sexual orientation and sex characteristics; The Queer Sisterhood Project, a refugee-led support and advocacy initiative for LGBTIQ+ asylum-seeking and refugee women in Australia, pledges to offer its...
Danish Refugee Council
DRC support to the Asylum Capacity Support Group mechanism- contributing with a two-pronged approach to strengthening of asylum procedures; DRC commits to the objectives of the GCR and hereby pledge our support to the Asylum Capacity Support Group (ACSG) mechanism with the objective of...
Uganda
Uganda pledges to ensure integrity of the asylum system; In the past two years, Uganda has taken concrete steps to promote transparency and accountability related to financial and protection related risks and to ensure accountability to the refugee community and their engagement in the response....
Thailand
To enhance capacity-building of officers involved in implementing the national screening system to differentiate persons in need of international protection from those seeking economic opportunities.
New Zealand
Support protection capacity within the Pacific region; Working with the UNHCR and Pacific States to support Pacific States to develop and strengthen their asylum systems and protection capacity. This support will be undertaken through the Asylum Capacity Support Group; and In-line with existing...
Serbia
Mechanism for early warning and emergency preparedness or mass influx of refugees and migrants established; The Republic of Serbia has established a system of coordination for the regular preparation and updating of the Response Plan in the event of a massive influx of refugees. The plan is...
Portugal
1.Develop an adequate strategy to upgrade asylum capacity; Under the different programmes Portugal has so far received over 2100 refugees. Will be an objective to develop an adequate strategy to upgrade asylum capacity in Portugal. 2. Strengthen the Refugee Status Determination system; To...
Norway
1. Support the Asylum Capacity Support Group (ACSG); Norway supports the establishment of the Asylum Capacity Support Group. Given that it can be supported within existing budgets, Norway will be able to support the group with experts. How many and from which agencies will have to be considered on...
France
1. Commitment to a multi-stakeholder partnership to strengthen the asylum capacities of the requesting States: support States engaged in the development of asylum law; 2. OFPRA could usefully share its expertise and best practices in the following areas: – Expertise in the assessment of asylum...
Armenia
1. Have been finetuning our system for asylum (in collaboration with UNHCR) and continuation is priority. 2. Improving the quality of asylum decisions via capacity building activities of the staff members of the Asylum and Legal Affairs Division of the Migration Service of Armenia; The...
Albania
Ensuring that asylum procedures are fair and efficient, and strengthening the quality of asylum decision making; The Republic of Albania Ministry of Interior (MOI), through its asylum authority, will develop a mechanism to assess asylum processes and decision making with a view to enhancing their...
Spain
1. Ampliar las acciones y transversalización de la protección de personas en situación de vulnerabilidad; Fomentar la incorporación de la protección en las convocatorias de concurrencia pública de acción humanitaria, así como la transversalización de actuaciones conducentes a la protección de...
Denmark – Kenya
The Government of Denmark, through the Special Envoy on Migration in the inter-ministerial migration task force, and the Government of Kenya through its Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, have agreed to collaborate to strengthen Kenya’s asylum institutions as part of a project implemented within the framework of the Asylum Capacity Support Group (ACSG) Mechanism.
Honduras
Fortalecer las capacidades de identificación de personas con necesidades de protección internacional; Desarrollo de talleres regionales sobre protección internacional Gestión de intercambio de buenas prácticas con otros países Fortalecimiento de capacidades de los integrantes de la Comisión de...