Recommendations (A/HRC/16/52/Add.4) (d) All law enforcement officials, with the help of UNCHR, need to accept and register asylum claims, so they can be accessed by those who wish to file a claim. (e) Bring the responsibility for asylum applications and the asylum procedures under civil authority and reinstall an effective second instance for appeals. Law 3907 of 26 January 2011, was published in the Government Gazette (A/26 Jan 2011). The law will provide for the establishment of an Asylum Agency and a First Reception Service for Immigrants, as well as for harmonization of the Greek legislation with the provisions of Directive 2008/115/EC on common standards and procedures in Member States for returns of illegally staying third country nationals. 91 A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 (f) Ensure that the legislative amendments guarantee that migrants and refugees are offered adequate screening (including efficient procedures Situation during visit (See: A/HRC/16/52/Add.4) Information received in the reporting period 2010, is to be welcomed. A new timeframe for the issuance of asylum decisions-the accelerated process takes three months and the normal process six months. The asylum procedure will be handed over to Refugee Committees comprised of qualified civil authorities. In the meantime, there was supposed to be a procedure in place to deal with the transitional period in between the old and new system, however, this transitional period has been stalled for over one year.

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