CoR - Croatia Immigration

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State authorities are responsible for:

Entry, movement, residence, and employment of aliens on the Croatian territory;
State border protection;
Asylum and refugee status (Ministry of Internal Affairs);
Granting asylum;
Granting subsidiary protection;
Rejection the application if an applicant does not meet the conditions for asylum and subsidiary protection;
Rejection an application if the conditions are met for exclusion;
Rejection an manifestly unfounded applications;
Rejection inadmissible asylum applications;
Suspend the procedure;
Border security;
Irregular migration policies;
Unaccompanied minors seeking asylum;
Financial support to asylum seekers, refugees and persons under temporary protection;
Harmonisation of Law on Aliens and Law on Asylum with EU acquis;
Adoption of strategies and monitoring frameworks;
Travel documents for crossing the state border;
Storage of data of Croatian Visa Information System;
Integration policies;
Anti-discrimination laws.

Regional

Regional authorities can also exercises competencies of civil protection (see below, 18.), moreover

Receive applications for international protection, temporary/permanent residence;

Prepare reports and hand a person over to officers in charge of irregular migration for further proceedings;

Conduct an interview with a foreigner in the police station to determine the person's identity, perform a security check, and conduct an informative interview

Send application documents to the Ministry;

Take fingerprints and photos of the applicants, provide them with information on the procedures, their rights and obligations, and issue the applicants' identity card.

Local

Local authorities:

Perform reception and accommodation of aliens at local level;
Receive applications for international protection;
Conduct interviews for the purpose of receiving applications for international protection;
Execute orders for forcibly deporting aliens and for this purpose provide preparation measures;
Participate in the procedures of determining the identity of foreigners;
Cooperate with units of the Ministry on Internal Affairs, other state authorities and legal persons for the purpose of performing the reception and accommodation of foreigners;
In cooperation with humanitarian organisations, provide health care service for foreigners, monitor and undertake measures to improve the conditions of residence of aliens;
Undertake measures to ensure the functioning of a single information and documentation system with regard to receiving and assisting data on foreigners and a single reporting system;
Takes fingerprints and photos of the applicants, provide them with information on the procedures, their rights and obligations, and issue the applicants' identity card
Reception Centers for Foreigners are managed by Mayors.

Responsible ministries/bodies

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