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Meeting with Cypriot Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights

FRA met with the Ombudsman of Cyprus and her team on 20 January to discuss the status of the establishment of an independent mechanism to monitor fundamental rights under the Screening and Asylum Procedure Regulations.

FRA provided a brief on the monitoring methodologies it has currently developed to facilitate this process in the Member States. It was agreed to consider testing FRA’s monitoring methodologies once screening starts in Cyprus.