'Dublin' statistics (migr_dub)

National Reference Metadata in Single Integrated Metadata Structure (SIMS)

Compiling agency: Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (Immigration and Borders Service) 


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

Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (Immigration and Borders Service) 
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Planning Unit 
1.5. Contact mail address

Avenida do Casal de Cabanas

Urbanização Cabanas Golf Nº 1

2734-506 Barcarena / OEIRAS​

Portugal


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 16/11/2021
2.2. Metadata last posted 16/11/2021
2.3. Metadata last update 27/04/2023


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

This metadata information is provided by the authorities of Portugal to ensure compliance with the requirements of Article 4.4 the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 on Migration and International Protectionas amended by the Regulation (EU) 851/2007.

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

Data extraction from PT Immigration Statistical System (SEFSTAT) - administrative data - linked with the National Immigration System (SIISEF).

The outputs are set up in order to comply with the requested variables, definitions used and disaggregations required by the Article 4.4 of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 and its amendment (Regulation (EU) No.851/2020), as well the PT Immigration Statistical System (SEFSTAT). 

The Dublin Data collection consists of annual tables, which have to be completed by national data supliers and transmitted to Eurostat. 
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 The breakdowns used for Eurostat are also used at national level
Decision on request Total, Positive decision, Negative decision, Unknown

The breakdowns used for Eurostat are also used at national level
Legal provision (Dublin criteria) Please consult the latest Technical Guidelines documentation (in Annex) The breakdowns used for Eurostat are also used at national level
Duration of transfer Total, From 1 to 6 months, From 7 to 12 months, From 13 to 18 months

The breakdowns used for Eurostat are also used at national level
Duration of response to a request for information Total, 5 weeks or less, Over 5 weeks, Unknown

The breakdowns used for Eurostat are also used at national level
Sex Total, Males, Females, Unknown

The breakdowns used for Eurostat are also used at national level
Applicant Total, Adult, Unaccompanied minor, Accompanied minor, Unknown

The breakdowns used for Eurostat are also used at national level
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  

The concepts and definitions used for Eurostat are also used at national level

  
Re-examination request

The concepts and definitions used for Eurostat are also used at national level

  
Request based on Eurodac

The concepts and definitions used for Eurostat are also used at national level

  
Transfer

The concepts and definitions used for Eurostat are also used at national level

  
Responsibility by default (Art. 3.2 First paragraph): no prior criteria applicable

The concepts and definitions used for Eurostat are also used at national level

  
Responsibility by default (Art. 3.2 Second and third paragraph): no transfer

The concepts and definitions used for Eurostat are also used at national level

  
Responsibility by default (Art. 29.2): transfer not implemented

The concepts and definitions used for Eurostat are also used at national level

  
3.5. Statistical unit

The text of Art.4 of 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' (Art.4.4) refers to statistics based on the number of requests. Commission services recommend that Art.4.4 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) submitting an application of asylum under the Dublin III Regulation.
3.7. Reference area

Portugal.
3.8. Coverage - Time

2008-2021.
3.9. Base period

Not applicable.


4. Unit of measure Top

Number of persons (concerned by each request, decision and transfer).


5. Reference Period Top

2021 calendar year.


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

Not applicable.
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

Not applicable.
7.1.2. Required confidentiality by law and signed legal confidentiality commitments by survey staff

Confidentiality is required by law (Article 83.º of Law 27/2008, July 30, ammended by lay 26/2014, May 5).
7.1.3. Potential micro-data access for research purposes by external users and confidentiality provisions applied

External users do not have access to Dublin micro-data.
7.1.4. Procedures for ensuring confidentiality during collection, processing and dissemination, including rules for determining confidential cells

Not available.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Not available.


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

Data is published in the annual report “Immigration, Borders and Asylum” of the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service, which is co-financed by the European Migration Network.  https://sefstat.sef.pt/forms/relatorios.aspx

Until then, the data are provisional and not validated.
8.2. Release calendar access

Not available.
8.3. Release policy - user access

Not available.


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Annual


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

Not applicable.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Dublin data is published in the annual report “Immigration, Borders and Asylum” of the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service, which is co-financed by the European Migration Network.

Publisher: Immigration and Borders Service. https://sefstat.sef.pt/forms/relatorios.aspx
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

https://sefstat.sef.pt/forms/relatorios.aspx
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations

Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other

Not applicable.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations

Not available.
10.6. Documentation on methodology

Not available.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate

Not available.
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Not available.


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

Self-assessment
11.2. Quality management - assessment

Self-assessment
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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

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

 Dublin statistics in Portugal are mainly based on administrative sources. Portugal is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 851/2020 and the quality of the data may be assessed as sufficient 

 

 

  • 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 : The key users of Dublin statistics are DG Eurostat, DG HOME AFFAIRS (migration and asylum policy), European Asylum Support Office, national ministries, various N.G.O.'s and researchers.

 

Unmet user needs (on statistics) and reasons why these needs cannot be satisfied (at national and international level) : Not available.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Not available.
12.3. Completeness

See below.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate

Not available
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

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

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

 Incomplete

 

 

  • 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

See below.
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

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

 

  

  • High = 100 % accuracy. The reported statistics measure accurately the target population, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by the 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

Not applicable.
13.3.1. Coverage error

Not applicable.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate

See the file ‘Proportion of units (persons) reported in the statistics that do not belong to the target populationʼ in annex.



Annexes:
Proportion of units (persons) reported in the statistics that do not belong to the target population
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  

2 or 3 months (maximum period)

 Take back with eurodac hit – 2 months

Take back without eurodac hit- 3 months

Take charge with eurodac hit- 2 months

Take charge without eurodac hit- 3 months
An incoming decision from a partner country accepting the request to take back/charge a person  

2 weeks

2 months 

1 month or less in case of urgence (time limit requested by Member State) 

(maximum period)

 

Take back – 2 weeks

Take charge – 2 months

Take charge – 1 month or less in case of urgency
A decision made by the national authority to accept or to reject a request from a partner country to take charge/back a person

2 weeks

2 months

1 month or less in case of urgency (time limit requested by Member State)

(maximum period)

Take back – 2 weeks

Take charge – 2 months

Take charge – 1 month or less in case of urgency
13.3.2. Measurement error

Not applicable.
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: 120 days

 

- Reasons for possible long production of the first/preliminary data and plans to improve the situation: Database stabilization.
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 final data, at the earliest : 120 days 

 

- Reasons for possible long production of the final data and plans to improve the situation : Database stabilization.
14.2. Punctuality

 
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication

Not applicable.


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)?

In the case of adults the information is individual. Minors come together with their parents.

  
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)?

The requests/decisions may or may not be reported in the same year depending on when the applicant applies for international protection.

Applications for international protection made at the end of the year may or may not be reported  in the same year, as they have 2 or 3 months to make the request.

Transfers are also dependent on a number of factors, namely the date of acceptance by the requested MS and the possibility of appeal by the applicant. Where an appeal is lodged, the transfer can only be executed after a final decision by the court and, obviously, if the court agrees with that decision.

  
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, all children are mentioned.  
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?  No
  
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?  No. the system does not allow for this type of differentiation  
6 Does the country report only successful incoming transfers (i.e. only those where the country has effectively received the person on its territory)?  

Depends on the type of data requested and the purpose of the data.

  
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)?

Depends on the type of data requested and the purpose of the data.

  
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. Some Member States report.

  
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)? No. In situations where an error has occurred, we inform the requesting Member State that they should send their request to the correct Member State.  
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
  
11 Does the country carry out the Dublin/Eurodac check before the formal registration of the asylum application?  No  
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.

 No

 
13 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on incoming requests” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly? Yes, they are only supplied separately if such differentiation is requested  
14 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on outgoing requests” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly? Yes, they are only supplied separately if such differentiation is requested  
15 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on incoming requests bases on Eurodac” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly?

Yes, they are only supplied separately if such differentiation is requested

  
16 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on outgoing requests bases on Eurodac” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly?  Yes, they are only supplied separately if such differentiation is requested
  
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? No, the system does not allow for this type of differentiation.  
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
  
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)? No
  
15.2. Comparability - over time

No changes, no break in series
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series

2019-2021
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

Not available.


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

Not applicable.
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) The Dublin Unit does not normally have planned revisions.  
Average number of unplanned revisions performed during a year (usually caused by the discovery of a mistake) We do not have a number to indicate because lately there have been no error situations.  
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 applicable  
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, the system does not allow for this type of differentiation.

  
17.1.3. Description of the main reasons for revisions

Not applicable.
17.2. Data revision - practice

Not applicable.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size

Not applicable.


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data

 Immigration and Borders Service (administrative data)
18.2. Frequency of data collection

Yearly
18.3. Data collection

Data extraction from PT Immigration and Borders Service Statistical System (SEFSTAT) - administrative data - linked with the National Immigration System (SIISEF).

For Dublin templates and A16 template the data is manually entered in the Excel on the templates provided by Eurostat and transformed into csv.
18.4. Data validation

Visual confirmation of data by the expert.
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
 Annually  
Compare the data with data of previous periods  Yes Annually
  
Check for outliers  Yes Annually 
  
Investigate inconsistencies in the statistics (checking the consistency of "Total" values over each variable)  Yes Annually   
Verify the statistics against expectations and domain intelligence  Yes Annually
  
Confront the data against other relevant data (e.g. Asylum statistics, of the mirror data from the partner countries)  Yes Annually
  
Check retrospectively (a sample of) the data in the register/database in order to confirm they are accurate  No    
18.5. Data compilation

Immigration and Borders Service Statistical System (SEFSTAT) - administrative data - linked with the National Immigration System (SIISEF).
18.5.1. Imputation - rate

Not available.
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