Asylum Procedure

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The Chapter: Asylum Procedure in Austria contains sections on:

A. General

1. Flow chart of the procedure

2. Types of procedures

3. List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure

4. Number of staff and nature of the first instance authority

5. Short overview of the asylum procedure

B. Access to the procedure and registration

1. Access to the territory and push backs

2. Registration of the asylum application

C. Procedures

1. Regular procedure

2. Dublin

3. Admissibility procedure

4. Border procedure (border and transit zones)

5. Accelerated procedure

D. Guarantees for vulnerable groups

1. Identification

2. Special procedural guarantees

3. Use of medical reports

4. Legal representation of unaccompanied children

E. Subsequent applications

F. The safe country concepts

1. Safe country of origin

2. Safe third country

3. First country of asylum

G. Information for asylum seekers and access to NGOs and UNHCR

1. Provision of information on the procedure

2. Access to NGOs and UNHCR

H. Dirrential treatment of specific natyionalities in the procedure