Accelerated procedure

Your application for international protection can be processed in an accelerated procedure, when it is considered manifestly unfounded.

Manifestly unfounded application

Your application may be rejected as being manifestly unfounded only after it has been rejected.

An application is manifestly unfounded:

• if you have not motivated your application with persecution or such violations of human rights that would justify the granting of international protection,
• the statements you have made concerning your need for protection are clearly implausible,
• you obviously intend to abuse the asylum procedure by deliberately giving false, misleading or deficient information on matters that are essential to the decision on the application, by presenting forged documents without an acceptable reason or file your application to delay your removal from the country
• you have arrived from a safe country of origin

A state where the asylum seeker is not at risk of persecution or serious violations of human rights may be considered a safe country of origin. The other EU member states are usually considered safe countries.

When assessing safety, special attention is paid to the following questions:

• Does the state concerned have a stable and democratic social system?
• Does the state concerned have an independent and impartial judicial system and does the administration of justice meet the requirements for a fair trial?
• Has the state signed the main international conventions on human rights and does the state adhere to them?
• Have there been serious violations of human rights in the state concerned?

No pre-approved list of safe countries of origin exists. A determination as to whether a country is safe is made through established legal praxis.