Themes
Administration of migration issues in Estonia
Estonian asylum system Estonian asylum statistics
Estonian Ministry of the Interior
12 000 employees at the governing area 230 employees at the ministry The only ministry with 2 full-power
ministers
Ministry of the Interior
Security Police Rescue Services
Police Academy
15 County Governments
Migration Foundation AS Andmevara Internal Security
Museum
The National Foundation of Civil
Society
IT and Development
Centre
Border Guard Citizenship- and Migration Board
The Ministry’s area of government:
Internal security: rescue services crisis management emergency preparedness ensuring internal security and public order guarding and protecting the state border
and enforcing the border regime coordination of citizenship and migration
issues
Migration and Border Policy Department planning and developing of citizenship, migration,
asylum, border control and aliens policies planning and coordination of preventing illegal
immigration planning and coordination of visa policy (together
with the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs) coordination of issues and policies related to
pollution abatement, sea salvage administration of foreign aid in migration issues
Citizenship and Migration Board issue of identity documents to residents of Estonia processing of applications for residence and work
permits of aliens processing of asylum applications confirming visa invitations and extending the
allowed period of stay in Estonia processing of misdemeanours committed by
aliens illegally staying or working in Estonia, issuing of precepts to leave Estonia, organising the expulsion of aliens
Merging of Police, Border Guard and Citizenship and Migration Board in 2010
Estonian Police and Borderguard Board
Objectives: Quality and single structure for services Optimum use of resources Management jurisdiction by field and
quality
Legal framework February 1997 – Estonia ratified 1951
Geneva Convention and 1967 New York Protocol, entry into force of Refugees Law
May 2004 – Estonia joined the European Union
July 2006 – entry into force of Act on Granting International Ptotection to Aliens
Citizenship and Migration Board
Refugees department Receiving of asylum applications Initial proceedings Temporary accommodation during the asylum
proceedings Issuing of asylum seeker’s certificate Procedure for determining the Member State responsible
for examining an asylum application (Dublin II procedure) Contact point for EURODAC and DubliNET
Collecting, examining and analysing country of origin information
Examining asylum applications, interviewing the applicants, decision-making
Board of Border Guard
Border Guard Districts
Receiving asylum applications on border
Initial proceedings
Decisions:
- To reject the asylum application and to refuse the
person entry into the country
- To permit entry into the country and to remit the
processing of the application to the CMB
Ministry of Social Affairs
Illuka Reception Centre for Asylum Seekers
Accommodation of the applicant during the asylum procedure
Arrange for the necessary assistance:- Supply of foodstuffs or provision of food - Supply of essential clothing- Other necessities- Toiletries- Supply of money for urgent small expenses- Emergency care and medical examination- Essential translation services and Estonian language
instruction- Information regarding the rights and duties of asylum seekers- Transportation necessary for performing asylum proceedings
Asylum procedure - chart
Submission of asylum application
Initial procedural acts:1) fingerprinting;2) photographing;3) examination of the person and his/her belongings;4) determination of the age of the person;5) medical examination, if necessary;4) taking a DNA sample, if necessary.
Dublin II procedure
Accomodation at CMB
Accomodation at Illuka Reception
Centre
Refugees status determination incl
interview
Back to another EU state
DECISION
International protection
IS GRANTED
International protection IS NOT
GRANTED
Extradition or return to the country of
origin
Administrative Court
Application is returned to be
processed by the CMB
Admission of beneficiaries of international protection
The Ministry of Social Affairs organises the settlement of beneficiaries of international protection into the territories of local governments
The local government arranges the admission of beneficiaries of international protection and, if necessary, assist him or her in: finding housing; obtaining social and health services; arranging for translation and Estonian language instruction; obtaining information concerning his or her rights and duties; resolving other issues.
Documents issued to beneficiaries of international protection Refugee – residence permit for 3 years, refugee
travel document at request Beneficiary of subsidiary protection – residence
permit for 1 year,
aliens passport at request Beneficiary of temporary protection – residence
permit for 1 year, one-time pass Extension respectively for 3 or 1 years, 6 months
for temporary protection
Number of asylum applicants from 1997 to 30.09.2009 (n=162)
1
2321
3
12
9
14
11 11
7
14 14
22
0
5
10
15
20
25
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
111111111
2111111
23333
444
68
108
1114
1723
22
0 5 10 15 20 25
UnknownUganda
USASomalia
Sierra LeoneSenegal
MongoliaMoldova
LithuaniaDR Congo
South AfricaCameroun
JapanIndia
GhanaGambia
TurkmenistanStateless
AzerbaijanArmenia
AlgeriaUkraine
UzbekistanSri Lanka
NigeriaSyria
AfghanistanPakistanBelarus
Georgia TurkeyRussia
Iraq
Countries of origin of asylum seekers during the period from 1997 to 30.09.2009 (n=162)
Decisions in asylum proceedingsduring the period from 1997 – 30.09.2009
11 1324
61
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Refugee status
Subsidiary protection
Rejection Refusal Termination of asylum
proceedings
Thank you!
Kaili DidrichsonAdviser
Migration and Border Policy DepartmentEstonian Ministry of the Interior
Tel: +372 612 5079E-mail: [email protected]
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