Legal assistance provided to foreigners with a return decision

Target group: migrants who have received a return decision with a timeframe for voluntary departure, who have received a return decision under escort or who are subject to a public custody order
Goal: ensuring minimum guarantees regarding the means of appeal provided for by the legislation in force
Activities: legal advice and assistance, interpretation and legal representation in the administrative court
Period: 2011 - present
1. About the project
Short description: The objective of the project is to ensure minimum guarantees regarding the use of appeal methods provided for by the legislation in force for third-country nationals who are subject to a return decision and/or a public custody order.
2. How?
Legal advice and assistance provided constantly in both accommodation centers for foreigners taken into public custody, in Arad and Otopeni
Legal advice and assistance provided to migrants who have received a return decision with a timeframe for voluntary departure and have contacted the CNRR team
Legal representation in court by specialized lawyers from the CNRR network
Providing interpretation, especially in cases of speakers of rare languages
Dissemination of information materials to the territorial structures of the General Inspectorate for Immigration on the possibility of contacting the CNRR for free legal assistance
Training and expanding the network of specialized lawyers collaborating with CNRR
3. What have we achieved?
We have provided tailored legal assistance and counseling for all beneficiaries who have contacted the CNRR team
We have created good practices in the field of migration
We have trained lawyers who work in the field of migration, from the bars in Bucharest, Ilfov and Arad, and from the bars of the municipalities where there are courts of appeal
5. Source of funding
PG-Solid, Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2014-2020, Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2021-2027