This report is based on monitoring with a focus on the institutional framework and the effective interaction among the various state authorities, as well as on the legal and practical standards for conducting the procedures, as they are regulated in the Law on Asylum and Refugees, and the compliance thereof with the principles of international protection and the general legal standards in the asylum acquis of the European Union (acquis communautaire).
During the period 1 January – 31 December 2018 the monitoring was carried out by three lawyers, with a focus on the procedural actions at the territorial units of the State Agency for Refugees with the Council of Ministers, the individual administrative decisions issued on applications for international protection, and the court proceedings for examining appeals against such acts.
A total of 607 procedural actions were subject to monitoring, which conforms to the same number of applicants for international protection, including 406 men, 101 women, 44 accompanied children and 56 unaccompanied children.
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