2.4 The complainant submitted an application for asylum in Switzerland on 27 September 1999.

2.2 On 19 June 2001, the Swedish Migration Board dismissed the complainant's asylum application.

Accordingly, no murder case was pending against the complainant when Swedish authorities examined his asylum application.

(a) Firstly, because the complainant has presented scant medical evidence in connection with his asylum application.

On 26 September 2002, the applicant lodged an application for review with suspensive effect with the Swiss Asylum Review Commission.

4.5 On 21 February 2001, the Migration Board rejected the application for asylum and ordered the complainant's expulsion to Bangladesh.

4.4 On 19 July 2001, the Migration Board rejected the complainant's application for asylum and ordered that he be deported to Ecuador.

The latter's jurisprudence establishes the principle that complete accuracy in the application for asylum is seldom to be expected of victims of torture.

Positive legislative developments during the reporting period included the abolition in Japan of the time limit for the submission of an asylum application and the provision in the United States of improved access to free legal counsel for unaccompanied children seeking asylum.

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His asylum application was rejected by the Swedish Migration Board on 21 February 2001 and his appeal of that decision was rejected by the Aliens Appeals Board on 3 June 2002.

The State party submits that the fact that the complainant did not produce any medical evidence until his application was pending before the Aliens Appeals Board may indicate that his medical condition has deteriorated primarily as a consequence of the Migration Board's decision to reject his asylum application

If suspicions arise during the initial Application Centre procedure that a particular female asylum seeker cannot be interviewed for medical or psychological reasons, the Municipal Health Services will be asked to make recommendations.

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(b) Review the application of the accelerated procedure for consideration of asylum requests to ensure that applicants have sufficient time to use all available appeal procedures before irreversible action is taken by the authorities

This amendment should stipulate that if any new facts or circumstances suggestive of serious trauma are advanced after an asylum application has been rejected, the initial decision will in principle be open to reconsideration.

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One asylum seeker told her

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(b) The accelerated procedure under the Aliens Act allows an extremely limited time for applicants for asylum to have their cases considered thoroughly and to exhaust all lines of appeal if their application is rejected

4.10 The State party contends that the Swedish authorities apply the same test when considering an application for asylum under the Aliens Act as the Committee will do when examining a complaint under the Convention.

(c) Despite the safeguards in place, the Parliamentary Ombudsman reported on one recent case of an asylum seeker whose application had been rejected and who was subsequently allegedly subjected to torture in his country of origin

As recently as 10 years before, no foreigners had sought asylum in Ireland there had been only a small asylum unit.

The EU s asylum policy has broken down.

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The Gambia had granted her political asylum.

There is clearly a need for States to address asylum abuse and people smuggling, but, in this process, asylum must be preserved.

If asylum was not granted Mauritius acted humanely, as evidenced by the transfer of a number of Congolese asylum seekers to Australia.

If the first asylum country is not able or willing to grant refuge to the asylum seekers, other countries should offer resettlement places.

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They applied for asylum on 9 November 2000.

The combination of asylum seekers and migration flows, which was related to the challenge of combating intolerance, was exerting enormous pressure on asylum systems.

Though the legal landscape remained generally friendly to refugees and asylum seekers, the organization of several clean up operations affected asylum seekers and refugees.

Asylum could be abused by international criminal groups seeking new avenues for their business, and consequently, host countries were developing stricter regimes for asylum seekers.

The situation was most glaring in asylum countries, particularly developing countries, which assumed a heavy burden by receiving high numbers of refugees and asylum seekers.

The ACVZ feels that if there is any suspicion of serious trauma at the time of the first interview (at an Application Centre), subsequent interviews must always be held in an Investigation Centre, to provide the asylum seeker with a restful environment.

Some journalists and politicians sought asylum in other countries.

Nor were refugees necessarily safe in countries of asylum.

(c) The adoption of the Asylum Law in 2003

Ireland took its responsibilities to asylum seekers very seriously.

Colonel Ali He has sought asylum together with others.

The Committee regrets the absence of special detention facilities for asylum seekers whose request for asylum has been rejected and for undocumented migrants awaiting deportation (art.