'Dublin' statistics (migr_dub)

National Reference Metadata in Single Integrated Metadata Structure (SIMS)

Compiling agency: Ministry of the Interior


Eurostat metadata
Reference metadata
1. Contact
2. Metadata update
3. Statistical presentation
4. Unit of measure
5. Reference Period
6. Institutional Mandate
7. Confidentiality
8. Release policy
9. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment
Related Metadata
Annexes (including footnotes)



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Ministry of the Interior
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Statistics, Studies and Documentation Department (DSED)

Direction Générale des Etrangers en France (DGEF) / Département des statistiques, des études et de la documentation (DSED)
1.5. Contact mail address

18 - 20 rue des Pyrénées 75020 Paris, France


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 16/06/2023
2.2. Metadata last posted 16/06/2023
2.3. Metadata last update 16/06/2023


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

This metadata information is provided by the authorities of France to ensure compliance with the requirements of Article 4.4 (Dublin statistics) of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 on Migration and International Protection as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851.

As required by Article 9 of the Regulation (EC)862/2007, Member States must report to Eurostat on the data sources used, the reasons for the selection of these sources and the effects of the selected data on the quality of the statistics. Member States shall provide Eurostat with all the information necessary to evaluate the quality, comparability and completeness of the statistical information.

The reference document used for assessing the compliance of the concepts and definitions in this metadata file is the document Dublin statistics - Eurostat Technical guidelines to Dublin statistics (see Annex).
3.1.1. General description and overview of the statistical domain at national level

This metadata information describes statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data, and provide information on the quality of the data for the statistics reported to Eurostat. The statistic provides a yearly estimate of the activity of Dublin asylum seekers. The results are published on a yearly basis.
3.2. Classification system

See below.
3.2.1. International and national classifications and breakdowns used
Classification Eurostat breakdown National breakdown
Request Total, Request, Re-examination request, Unknown Total, Request, Re-examination request, Unknown
Decision on request Total, Positive decision, Negative decision, Unknown Total, Request, Re-examination request, Unknown
Legal provision (Dublin criteria) Please consult the latest Technical Guidelines documentation (in Annex) In accordance with the latest Technical Guidelines documentation
Duration of transfer Total, From 1 to 6 months, From 7 to 12 months, From 13 to 18 months Total, From 1 to 6 months, From 7 to 12 months, From 13 to 18 months
Duration of response to a request for information Total, 5 weeks or less, Over 5 weeks, Unknown Total, 5 weeks or less, Over 5 weeks, Unknown
Sex Total, Males, Females, Unknown Total, Males, Females, Unknown
Applicant Total, Adult, Unaccompanied minor, Accompanied minor, Unknown Total, Adult, Unaccompanied minor, Accompanied minor, Unknown
3.3. Coverage - sector

Migration and international protection – Dublin statistics
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

See below.
3.4.1. Definitions and discrepancies
Concept / Variable Definition at national level Discrepancy from Eurostat definition
Request Asylum first application under Dublin III procedure 

 No discrepancy a priori 
Re-examination request Asylum re-application under Dublin III procedure  No discrepancy a priori
Request based on Eurodac Asylum application under Dublin III procedure, made with fingerprints  No discrepancy a priori
Transfer Transfer of the applicant from/to the partner country  No discrepancy a priori
Responsibility by default (Art. 3.2 First paragraph): no prior criteria applicable Legal provision for unilateral decisions  No discrepancy a priori
Responsibility by default (Art. 3.2 Second and third paragraph): no transfer Legal provision for unilateral decisions  No discrepancy a priori
Responsibility by default (Art. 29.2): transfer not implemented Legal provision for unilateral decisions  No discrepancy a priori
3.5. Statistical unit

The text of Art.4 of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 on Migration and international protection refers in general to statistics based on the number of persons and not on the number of applications. However, the article describing the 'Dublin' statistics (Art.4.4) refers to statistics based on the number of requests. Commission services recommend that Art.4.4 (more precisely 4.4.a, 4.4.c and 4.4.d) is interpreted as referring to the number of persons concerned by each request, decision and transfer.
3.6. Statistical population

All the requested statistics relate only to third country nationals, defined as "any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 17 (1) of the Treaty, including stateless persons" (Art 2.1 (i) of the Regulation), who are looking for asylum in France.
3.7. Reference area

France, including Overseas ("Outre-mer").
3.8. Coverage - Time

The statistics covers the period from 2008 onwards.
3.9. Base period

Not applicable.


4. Unit of measure Top

Number of persons.


5. Reference Period Top

2022 calendar year.


6. Institutional Mandate Top
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

Regulation (EC) 862/2007 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Not applicable.


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

See below.
7.1.1. Information on the existence of a national policy for (not) releasing the Dublin data before a certain time after the end of reference period has passed

In the process of statistical data collection, processing and analysis and dissemination of statistical information, French Ministry of Interior fully guarantees the confidentiality of the data submitted by respondents.
7.1.2. Required confidentiality by law and signed legal confidentiality commitments by survey staff

Data is collected from prefectures (PRD "Pole régional Dublin") and added to the Asylum Information System.
7.1.3. Potential micro-data access for research purposes by external users and confidentiality provisions applied

External users from prefectures can access "Tableau Software" with a very limited number of user licenses, only for accredited users.
7.1.4. Procedures for ensuring confidentiality during collection, processing and dissemination, including rules for determining confidential cells

During collection, we use the "Tableau Software" with restricted administrator and user licenses to ensure confidentiality.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Results from data treatment are disseminated according to legislation Regulation (EC) 862/2007


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

Statistical information is published in accordance with an approved release calendar.
8.2. Release calendar access

The calendar is accessible from the Ministry website:
https://www.immigration.interieur.gouv.fr
8.3. Release policy - user access

The policy for release of the data to users is available from the Ministry website:
https://www.immigration.interieur.gouv.fr/fr/Info-ressources/Etudes-et-statistiques/Chiffres-cles-sejour-visas-eloignements-asile-acces-a-la-nationalite


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Yearly


10. Accessibility and clarity Top
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

1 time per year.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Published on the website of the French Ministry of Interior, more especially in the statistical field

https://www.immigration.interieur.gouv.fr/fr/Info-ressources/Etudes-et-statistiques/Chiffres-cles-sejour-visas-eloignements-asile-acces-a-la-nationalite
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

See below
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations

Not available.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other

Excel And Pdf for internal use.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations

Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology

Documentations are available internally
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate

Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Documentations are available internally


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

Not applicable.
11.2. Quality management - assessment

See below
11.2.1. Overall quality assessment, at dataset level

 Dataset

 Quality

Details in case of Sufficient or Poor quality

Incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Pending 'Dublin' incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Pending 'Dublin' outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Incoming responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Unilateral 'Dublin' decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Decisions on incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Decisions on Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Pending incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Pending outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

 

  • Good quality (extensive quality) - all quality requirements are met according to the standard quality criteria and in line with the Technical Guidelines for the data collection of Dublin statistics (Annex).
  • Sufficient quality (acceptable quality) - minimum quality requirements are met: minor issues exist which need to be improved.
  • Poor quality (inadequate quality) - the data do not meet the minimum quality requirements: important/many issues exist which affect the quality of the data and which need to be solved.


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs

The statistics collected under Regulation (EC) 862/2007  are used by a wide range of users at national, European and International level to cover various usersʼ needs.

Users of Dublin statistics:
At European level, the main users of Dublin statistics are Eurostat and DG Migration and Home Affairs. These statistics are used in several publications of the Commission, as well as in the preparation of regular reports, policy proposals and analysis.  The statistics also provide an input to the European Migration Network (EMN) studies and reports that address specific issues of current policy importance.

The Dublin statistics produced are regularly used at national level by national administrations, academic researchers and civil society groups working on a wide range of topics including the integration of immigrants, the development and monitoring of national asylum and immigration procedures.
Parliament, Government, researchers, NGOs.

Unmet user needs (on statistics) and reasons why these needs cannot be satisfied (at national and international level): There is no significant difference of the data provided to Eurostat and the data published at national level. User needs are the same.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Good satisfaction from users.

Sometimes we have to answer questions about figures we published to a famous non-governmental organization for asylum called LACIMADE.
12.3. Completeness

See below.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate

Data is complete for Outgoing and Unilateral Statistics. For Incoming statistics, applicant and sex breakdowns are missing.
12.3.2. Completeness by dataset

Completeness is the extent to which all requested Dublin statistics are provided to Eurostat, according to the data provisions foreseen by Articles 4.4. of Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and by the Technical Guidelines for Dublin statistics (Annex).

 

Dataset

Completeness

Details in case of Incomplete, Not available or Not applicable

Incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Incomplete

sex and applicant are unknown

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 

 Complete

 

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Incomplete

sex and applicant are unknown

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Complete

 

Pending 'Dublin' incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

Incomplete

sex and applicant are unknown

Pending 'Dublin' outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 Complete  

Incoming 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Incomplete

sex and applicant are unknown

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Complete

 

Incoming responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

Incomplete

sex and applicant are unknown

Outgoing responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

Complete

 

Unilateral 'Dublin' decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant

Complete

 

Decisions on incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Incomplete

sex and applicant are unknown

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Complete

 

Decisions on Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Incomplete

sex and applicant are unknown

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

Complete

 

Incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

Incomplete

sex and applicant are unknown

Outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

Complete

 

Pending incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

Incomplete

sex and applicant are unknown

Pending outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

Complete

 

 

  • Complete - The statistics are complete: the dataset and all requested breakdowns are available, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and the Technical Guidelines for the data collection of Dublin statistics (Annex)
  • Incomplete - The statistics are incomplete: the dataset is available but some of the requested breakdowns are not available, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and the Technical Guidelines for the data collection of Dublin statistics (Annex)
  • Not available - The statistics are not available: the dataset is not available, that is all the requested breakdowns are missing, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and the Technical Guidelines for the data collection of Dublin statistics (Annex)
  • Not applicable - The statistics are Not applicable: the concept/process is not used or it does not exist in the country


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall

Good accuracy for the 19 indicators
13.1.1. Assessment of the accuracy of the national Dublin statistics by dataset

Accuracy is the closeness of the data to the exact or true values that the statistics were intended to measure. Reliability is the closeness of the initial provided value to the subsequent (revised) value.

 

Assessment of the accuracy of the national Dublin statistics, at dataset level

Dataset

Accuracy

Summary of main sources of error in case of Good/Low/Very low Accuracy

Incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

  High

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

  Good

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

  High

 

Pending 'Dublin' incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER) and type of request

  Good

 

Pending 'Dublin' outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER) and type of request

 High

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

 

Incoming responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 High

 

Unilateral 'Dublin' decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant

 High

 

Decisions on incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

 

Decisions on Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 High

 

Incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 High

 

Pending incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Pending outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 High

 

  

  • High = 100 % accuracy. The reported statistics measure accurately the target population, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and as defined in the Technical Guidelines for Dublin statistics (Annex)
  • Good = 95 - 99 % accuracy. The reported statistics do not cover accurately the target population and a small part of the targeted population is missing, or a small part of non-targeted (erroneous) population is included in the reported statistics; the bias/error in the reported statistics is expected to be small
  • Low = 80 - 94 % accuracy. The reported statistics do not cover accurately the target population and a large part of the targeted population is missing, or a large part of non-targeted (erroneous) population is included in the reported statistics; the bias/error in the reported statistics is expected to be large
  • Very low = less than 80 % accuracy. The reported statistics do not cover accurately the target population and a very large part of the targeted population is missing, or a very large part of non-targeted (erroneous) population is included in the reported statistics; the bias/error in the reported statistics is expected to be very large
13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators

Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error

See below.
13.3.1. Coverage error

See below.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate

Not applicable
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion

Not applicable.
13.3.1.3. Assessment of potential coverage errors

Dataset

Coverage errors - Discrepancies from Eurostat target population

Summary of main sources of errors in case of errors and/or discrepancies from Eurostat practice

Incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Pending 'Dublin' incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Pending 'Dublin' outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Incoming responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Outgoing responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

No

 

Unilateral 'Dublin' decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Decisions on incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Decisions on Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Pending incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

No

 

Pending outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 No

 
13.3.1.4. Average lag of registering (to the national database/register) the following administrative events
Event Lag in number of days Details
An incoming Dublin request from a partner country  Not available  
An incoming decision from a partner country accepting the request to take back/charge a person  Not available  
A decision made by the national authority to accept or to reject a request from a partner country to take charge/back a person  Not available  
13.3.2. Measurement error

See concept 13.3.4 Processing Error.
13.3.3. Non response error

Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate

Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate

Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error

Not applicable.
13.3.5. Model assumption error

Not applicable.


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness

See below concepts 14.1.1 and 14.1.2.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result

Number of days (on average) after the end of the reference period at which the country is able to report the first/preliminary data, at the earliest : We should be able to report first data on M+3 after the end of the reference period, so at the target date.
Reasons for possible long production of the first/preliminary data and plans to improve the situation : Change of methodology as we changed our old system of production, we improved the quality of breakdowns.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result

Number of days (on average) after the end of the reference period at which the country is able to report the first/preliminary data, at the earliest : We should be able to report final data on M+3 after the end of the reference period, so at the target date.
Reasons for possible long production of the final data and plans to improve the situation : Change of methodology as we changed our old system of production, we improved the quality of breakdowns.
14.2. Punctuality

Most of the collections were validated before the deadline.
5 collections were validated the week after.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication

0 to 5 days


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

See below.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient

Not applicable.
15.1.2. Assessment of possible sources of lack of comparability between countries

Assessment of possible sources of lack of comparability between countries, due to discrepancies from Eurostat concepts, definitions or due to differences in methods.

 

# Topic Response  Explanatory details and assessment of the magnitude of error (where applicable)
1 Does the country report all persons individually (e.g. in case of families all persons must be reported individually)? Yes Yes, according to the perimeter definition.
2 Does the country report each request/decision/transfer concerning the same person during the same year (even if multiple requests/decisions/transfers are made for the same person during the year)? Yes  
3 For the data on “Requests based on Eurodac hit” and “Decisions based on Eurodac hit”, does the country report also children below 14 years old who are not fingerprinted? Yes Children below 14 years old who are not fingerprinted are also included in this category.
4 In case a request for a person involves more than one partner countries, does the country report all requests it sent/received to/from all the partner countries involved? Yes Yes, all requests are reported.
5 Where the request is accepted based on a different legal basis from the one on which the request was sent, does the country report the data based on the article (legal basis) on which the request is accepted? Yes  
6 Does the country report only successful incoming transfers (i.e. only those where the country has effectively received the person on its territory)? Yes Yes, only successful incoming transfers are reported under the specific category, but information on refused transfer and pending is also available
7 Does the country report only successful outgoing transfers (i.e. those for which the country has undertaken all appropriate measures in order to send a transferee to another Member State)? Yes Yes, only successful outgoing transfers are reported under the specific category, but information on refused transfer and pending is also available 
8 Does the country report transfers for cases where the applicant otherwise travelled back to the Member State responsible on its own within the transfer time limits (without the country organizing the actual transfer)? Yes Yes, transfers realized by the applicants on their own are also reported 
9 Does the country report requests sent/received by mistake (i.e. when the actual partner country should have been different than the one intended)? Yes Yes, requests sent/received by mistake are not possible to be identified and not excluded from our database 
10 Does the country report a person as adult or minor according to the age of the person at the date of the respective administrative event (e.g. the person was minor at the date of the request, but at the date of transfer the person was not a minor anymore)? Yes Yes, the age of the person at the date of the respective administrative event is reported.
11 Does the country carry out the Dublin/Eurodac check before the formal registration of the asylum application? Yes Firstly, asylum applications are registered in "GUDA - Guichets uniques pour demandeurs d'Asile". The same day, a Dublin/Eurodac check is made. Later, asylum applications which are not under Dublin procedures are sent to Ofpra (Office Français pour la protesction des réfugiés et apatrides). It depends what we call "formal registration". 
12 For the data of “Article 3.2 first paragraph – Responsible by default: no prior criteria applicable”, does the country report any applicant for which the Dublin criteria do not apply? This means any person who applied for protection in the reporting country, as a first Member State of application, and for whom no Dublin criteria applied for him/her to be taken charge of by another Member State.

Yes

Yes, this category should be included 
13 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on incoming requests” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly? Yes Yes, data on implicit acceptation is reported under positive decisions
14 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on outgoing requests” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly? Yes Yes, data on implicit acceptation is reported under positive decisions 
15 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on incoming requests bases on Eurodac” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly? No No data is available for Decisions on incoming requests based on Eurodac 
16 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on outgoing requests bases on Eurodac” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly? Yes Yes, positive decisions are filled in 
17 For the data of Transfers, in case of different legal basis between the request and the positive decision to accept the responsibility to examine the application, does the country report the legal ground (LEG_PROV) on which the decision (acceptance of request) was based on? Yes Yes, the legal ground on which the decision was based on is reported.
18 Does the country report under 'Incoming pending transfers' cases where the partner country did not implement the transfer within the foreseen time limits (Article 29.2)? No No, data from article 29.2 is not included 
19 Does the country report under ‘Outgoing pending transfers' cases where the country did not implement the transfer within the foreseen time limits (Article 29.2)? Yes  
15.2. Comparability - over time

Change of source for 2021 & 2022 data
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series

2021 - 2022
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

Not applicable.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Not applicable.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts

Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal

Not applicable.


16. Cost and Burden Top

3 months of data processing.


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

Final data published on March N+1, without implementing revisions.
17.1.1. Description of the national revision policy for Dublin statistics

Not applicable.
17.1.2. Number of revisions planned on average
Data revision practice National practice  Further details (if necessary)
Average number of planned revisions performed during a year (for latest reference year)  No revision planned  
Average number of unplanned revisions performed during a year (usually caused by the discovery of a mistake)  None  
Main reasons for revisions (new source data are becoming available, new methods/concepts, etc.) and extent to which the revisions improved the accuracy of the data  Not available  
Where the request is accepted based on a different legal basis from the one on which the request was sent, Member States have to report their data based on the article (legal basis) on which the request is accepted.

As far it is possible, this applies also to the data on outgoing and incoming requests. In case the requests are submitted/received in a different reference year than the decision was taken, data on requests shall be revised accordingly by both countries.

Does the country revise its data according to the above guidance?

  No  
17.1.3. Description of the main reasons for revisions

New source data are becoming available.
17.2. Data revision - practice

See below.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size

Not applicable.


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data

From now on, the data source is the Asylum information system, composed of the information
systems from all the prefectures in France. Then it is centralized into a datawarehouse.
When the foreigner applies for asylum (under Dublin or normal or accelerated procedure)
towards a prefecture, the information is directly available into the Asylum information system.
18.2. Frequency of data collection

Yearly.
18.3. Data collection

When the foreigner applies for asylum (under Dublin or normal or accelerated procedure) towards a prefecture, the data is collected into the Information System of the prefecture and the information is directly available into the Asylum information system.
18.4. Data validation

Before transmission to Eurostat, our process consists into performing the validation activity steps, mentioned in 18.4.1
18.4.1. Validation procedures
Validation activity Performed Periodicity Details (methods and tools)
Check that the population coverage is accurate, as required according to the definitions of the Technical guidelines (Annex)  Yes   Yearly  
Compare the data with data of previous periods  Yes  Yearly  
Check for outliers  Yes  Yearly  
Investigate inconsistencies in the statistics (checking the consistency of "Total" values over each variable)  Yes  Yearly  
Verify the statistics against expectations and domain intelligence  Yes   Yearly  
Confront the data against other relevant data (e.g. Asylum statistics, of the mirror data from the partner countries)  Yes  Yearly Comparison with statistics available on Eurostat website
Check retrospectively (a sample of) the data in the register/database in order to confirm they are accurate  No    
18.5. Data compilation

We perform operations on data with SQL queries in order to match up Eurostat requirements and to generate data files.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate

Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment

Not applicable.


19. Comment Top


Related metadata Top


Annexes Top
Eurostat Guidelines on Dublin statistics - v. 3.1 - 2021