Observations from UNHCR on Estonian law proposal on the procedure for interviewing asylum-seekers
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has submitted our observations to the Estonian government’s draft decree that seeks to establish the procedure for interviewing applicants for international protection.
UNHCR welcomes the initiative of the Ministry of the Interior to harmonize the Estonian procedure with the standards of the EU Asylum Procedures Directive. However, UNHCR recommends ensuring that the interviews with asylum-seekers are conducted by a single determining authority, which is currently not the case in Estonia.
The observations are available here.
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