Europe and refugees
Subtitle: towards an EU asylum policy
By: Ingrid Boccardi.
Series: European monographs ;; 31
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
Published: 2002
Place of publication: The Hague; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Asylum, Right of -- European Union countries.; Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- European Union countries.; Refugees -- Government policy -- European Union countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The International Protection of Refugees; title: 1.1 General Principles; title: 1.2 Principal International Instruments for the Protection of; title: Refugees: the 1951 Geneva Convention and the 1967 New; title: York Protocol; title: 1.3 Refugee Protection Through International Organisations:; title: The UNHCR; title: 1.4 Other International Instruments of Protection and Regional; title: Initiatives:; title: I.4.A Other international organisations involved in the; title: protection of refugees; title: I.4.B Other international instruments of protection; title: I.4.C Regional approaches to protection; title: 1.5 Concluding Remarks; title: 2 The Beginnings of European Political Co-operation on Asylum; title: and the Schengen Laboratory; title: II.1 The Beginnings of European Political Co-operation on; title: Asylum; title: 11.2 The Schengen 'laboratory'; title: 11.3 Critical Issues of the Schengen Asylum Framework; title: II.3.A The 'refugees in orbit' problem; title: II.3.B The 'asylum shopping' phenomenon; title: II.3.C 'Jurisdictional' harmonisation and compatibility; title: with the Geneva Convention; title: II.3.D Visa policy and carrier sanctions; title: 11.4 The 1990 Dublin Convention on State Responsibility for; title: Asylum Applications and Schengen; title: 11.5 The 1991 Commission Communication; title: 11.6 Concluding Remarks; title: 3 The Maastricht Treaty and European Co-operation; title: III.1 The New Provisions of the Maastricht Treaty on Asylum; title: Co-operation; title: 111.2 The Implementation of the Maastricht Working; title: Programme on Asylum; title: 111.3 The Three Edinburgh Initiatives of December 1992:; title: III.3.A The Resolution on manifestly unfounded; title: applications; title: III.3.B The Resolution on a harmonised approach to; title: questions concerning host third countries and the; title: problem of readmission agreements; title: III.3.C The Conclusion on countries where there is; title: generally no serious risk of persecution; title: 111.4 Information Exchanges: The Setting up of CIREA and its; title: Activities; title: III.5 Concluding Remarks; title: 4 Asylum Co-operation Between Maastricht and Amsterdam; title: IV.1 The 1994 Commission Communication on Asylum and; title: Immigration; title: IV.2 Visa Regulations and Their Impact on Asylum; title: Co-operation; title: IV.3 Implementation Measures of the Dublin Convention; title: IV.3.A Means of proof in the framework of the Dublin; title: Convention; title: IV.3.B Harmonisation of expulsion policies; title: IV.4 The Council Resolution on Minimum Guarantees for; title: Asylum Procedures; title: IV.5 The Joint Position on the Harmonised Definition of the; title: Term 'Refugee' in Art. 1 of the Geneva Convention; title: IV.6 Burden-sharing and Temporary Protection Issues; title: IV.7 New Priorities for Asylum Co-operation: An Assessment; title: of the Third Pillar Working Structures and the New 1996; title: JHA Work-Programme; title: IV.8 Concluding Remarks; title: 5 The IGC and the Amsterdam Treaty; title: V.1 The Beginning of the IGC Negotiations on the Third; title: Pillar; title: V.2 The Dublin Proposal of December 1996; title: V.3 The Amsterdam Treaty Provisions:; title: V.3.A The new Part III, Title IV of the EC Treaty; title: V.3.B The Protocol on asylum for nationals of EU; title: Member States; title: V.4 Flexibility and Closer Co-operation Measures: Their; title: Impact on the Asylum Field; title: V.4.A The general provisions on 'closer co-operation'; title: V.4.B The Protocols on the position of the United; title: Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark and the Schengen; title: Protocol; title: V.5 Conluding Remarks; title: 6 After Amsterdam: Towards an EU Asylum Policy?; title: VI.1 The Austrian Strategy Paper on Migration and Asylum; title: Policy; title: VI.2 The New Action Plan on Establishing an Area of; title: Freedom, Security and Justice; title: VI.3 The New Challenges: Temporary Protection and Burden-; title: sharing in the Light of the Kosovo Crisis; title: VI.4 The Tampere European Council: Towards a 'Common; title: European Asylum System'; title: VI.5 The European Refugee Fund and the Temporary; title: Protection Directive; title: VI.6 The Draft Directive on Minimum Standards for Granting; title: and Withdrawing Refugee Status; title: VI.7 The Reforms of the Nice Treaty; title: VI.8 The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Refugee; title: Protection; title: VI.9 Towards a Comprehensive EU Asylum Policy: Searching; title: for a Long-term Action Plan; title: 7 Conclusions - Towards an EU Asylum Policy and the Future of; title: Refugee Protection in Europe; title: VII.1 European Asylum Harmonisation: A True EU Policy?; title: VII.2 European Refugee Initiatives, International Asylum; title: Obligations and Human Rights Protection in the EU:; title: The Balance Between 'Protection' and 'Control'; title: VII.3 Building an Effective EU Asylum Policy While Ensuring; title: Refugee Protection: Harmonisation and the Way; title: Forward.