Ac-Hoc Queries are queries sent out by EMN member countries regarding other EMN members' practice on various issues concerning migration. On this page we present a compilation of Ad-Hoc Queries which Norway has contributed to.
A temporary or permanent non-asylum residence permit may be withdrawn from a third-country national in all the responding countries on the basis of issues of public order that have been identified in another EU/EFTA member country.
The questions asked concerned the image about their operations that national immigration authorities are trying to communicate to inform citizens about immigration and asylum policies and practices.
The procedures of forecasting possible future trends in asylum and subsidiary protection applications, contingency planning for possible increase in the number of protection applications and in reception and accommodation capacity, have been reviewed.
Ad-Hoc query on migrant population’s perception of safety and trust in authorities. The responses (from 18 countries in total) have been provided primarily for the purpose of information exchange among EMN NCPs in the framework of the EMN.
Currently there is a high influx of Syrian asylum applicants in most EU member states, due to the ongoing conflict in Syria. It is possible that not only victims of the conflict seek refugee in an EU country, there can also be perpetrators amongst them.
The study identifies similarities, differences and best practices with regard to the use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of (Member) States’ immigration policies.
There are cases where the Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board (UNE) experiences that it is difficult to determine whether a given application is "manifestly unfounded" or not.
The European Commission is aware that some Member States may occasionally face difficulties in transmitting fingerprint data sets to Eurodac because data subjects do not cooperate by agreeing to be fingerprinted.