Right of asylum, Europe’s Achilles heel

Reform of EU asylum rules to be implemented in 2015, presented by Europolitics’ Insight section, will be difficult and inadequate

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Nathalie Vandystadt
01 décembre 2014 à 10h53
Protesters gather in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg to demand a more human migration policy — Anke Harthoorn

Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos is starting his term of office with a controversy: Spain, faced with a hike in the number of immigrants flocking to its enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa, intends to amend a bill on security that NGOs claim would amount to an infringement of the European and international principle of non-refoulement No expulsion measure can be carried out as long as no decision has been taken on the asylum application of migrants. The Council…

Insight: Reform of EU asylum rules to be implemented in 2015

How asylum package will change EU's patchworkThe EU reform, intended to improve the lot of asylum applicants, will enter into force in July 2015. Harmonisation is lacking on the ground"Syrian refugees will not go back and have to be integrated"Interview with Steffen Angenendt, research fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)Labour market access: Rules differ across EUAsylum applicants can work in Ireland only once they obtain a residence permit, but in Sweden they can work immediately
par Nathalie Vandystadt

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