The Asylum Procedures Directive

• All persons must have effective access to a fair and efficient asylum procedure.

• Sufficient procedural guarantees - including the right to a personal interview, a qualified and impartial interpreter, free legal advice, and a right of appeal with suspensive effect against deportation - must be given regardless of where the asylum application is made, including at the border, in detention and in accelerated procedures.

• The use of accelerated and border procedures with limited guarantees should be restricted, while unaccompanied children and other vulnerable persons should always be exempt from such procedures.