Safe third countries
Subtitle: extending the EU asylum and immigration policies to Central and Eastern Europe
By: Sandra Lavenex.
Publisher: CEUPress, Central European University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Budapest, Hungary; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Asylum, Right of -- European Union countries.; Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- European Union countries.; European Union -- Europe, Eastern.; Asylum, Right of -- Europe, Eastern.; Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Europe, Eastern.
Description: "At a time when many transition countries are trying to enter the European Union, Lavenex highlights the willingness of Central and East European countries to adopt Western European policies aimed at fighting illegal immigration and reducing the numbers of asylum seekers as a political bargaining tool in exchange for future membership in the EU.

She also argues that the emergent European refugee regime undermines the values of international refugee protection and diffuses states' responsibilities by establishing a system of negative redistribution for the handling of asylum claims."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184) and index.