Large project to make asylum procedures more efficient
The Ministry of the Interior has set up a project to improve the efficiency of asylum procedures, bringing together key administrative branches and actors.
In the project, the asylum application process will be examined from the registration stage up to when applicants who have received a favourable decision move from the reception system to a municipality or applicants who have received a negative decision are removed from the country.
The aim is to make the processing time of asylum applications shorter, while also achieving cost savings. The results of the project will help enhance the planning of the reception network and reception capacity.
Since the asylum process is one that requires close cooperation and smooth flow of information between different authorities, it is only by joint efforts that it can be streamlined.
The Ministry of the Interior, as project leader, has requested the following to appoint their representatives to the project: the Ministry of Justice, the Finnish Border Guard, the National Police Board of Finland, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service, the Finnish Immigration Service, the National Legal Services Authority, the National Courts Administration and the Office of the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman. The project will run until 28 February 2027.
The project is based on the Government Programme's entries on making the asylum system more efficient and streamlining voluntary and forced returns of those whose application has been rejected.
From the perspective of central government finances, it is also important to further develop practices in order to achieve the productivity goals set for the Ministry of the Interior’s branch of government and to adapt operations to the available appropriations.
The project will also support the national implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. The pact, which applies from June, is designed to ensure that asylum procedures are as well-organised as possible.
Inquiries:
Sanna Sutter, Director of Development and Steering, tel. +358 295 488 200, [email protected]