Reforming the Common European Asylum System: Opportunities, Pitfalls, and Downsides of the Commission Proposals for a New Pact on Migration and Asylum

Prof. Dr. Daniel Thym LL.M.; Odysseus Academic Network

doi:10.5771/9783748931164

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Timely and profound collection of high-quality contributions, written by experts from across Europe, on the ongoing policy debate on the reform of Common European Asylum System. Contributions combine an in-depth presentation with a style of argument that addresses a broader audience: fellow academics, students and PhD researchers, practitioners, and political actors. Attention to the legislative detail coincides with an awareness of the broader picture in terms of policy developments, human rights computability, and practical implementation on the ground. The edited volume allows readers to understand the complex rules and to identify overarching challenges defining European asylum policy at this juncture. With contributions byDr. Ulrike Brandl, Dr. Galina Cornelisse, Prof. Philippe De Bruycker, Jean-Baptiste Farcy, Prof. Paula García Andrade, Prof. Dr. Iris Goldner Lang, Prof. Elspeth Guild, Dr. Meltem İneli Ciğer, Dr. Lyra Jakuleviciene, Prof. Francesco Maiani, Dr. Madalina Bianca Moraru, Prof. Violeta Moreno-Lax, Prof. Sylvie Sarolea, Dr. Lieneke Slingenberg, Prof. Dr. Daniel Thym, Prof. Lilian Tsourdi and Prof. Jens Vedsted-Hansen.

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright Year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-8725-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-3116-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Schriften zum Migrationsrecht
Volume: 38
Language: English
Pages: 299
Product Type: Edited Book

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1. 1. Overarching Enquiries
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2. 2. European Realpolitik: Respecting ‘Red Lines’
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3. 3. Dead or Alive? Political Stalemate over the Legislative Proposals
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4. 4. Breaking the Deadlock through ‘Mini-Deals’ and Majority-Voting?
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5. 5. ‘Screening Light’: Hardly a Novelty
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6. 6. Agencies: Refraining from ‘More Europe’
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7. 7. Border Procedures: Administrative Bottleneck
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8. 8. Accommodation: ‘Closed’ or ‘Controlled’ Centres?
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9. 9. Hotspots Reloaded: Another Moria?
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10. 10. Conclusion: The Alternative is not the Status Quo
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1. 1. Not a Long-Term Programmatic Document
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2. 2. Not a Document Expressing a New Consensus
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3. 3. What it Could Have Been
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4. 4. Conclusion
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1. 1. Introduction
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2. 2. “Hello Old Friend”: The Dublin System’s New Clothes
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3. 3. Border Procedures and Dublin
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4. 4. “Mandatory” and “Flexible” Solidarity under the New Mechanism
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5. 5. Framing Force Majeure or Inviting Defection?
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6. 6. Concluding Comments
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1. 1. Introduction
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  1. a) Screening
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  2. b) Asylum Border Procedure
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  3. c) Return Border Procedures
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  4. d) Detention in the Recast Return Directive
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  5. e) Detention and Freedom of Movement in Asylum and Transfer Procedures
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  6. f) Derogation in Times of Crisis
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  1. a) Containment at External Borders and De Facto Detention
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  2. b) Accommodation at the Borders and Hotspots: A “System to Match the Scale of the Challenge”?
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4. 4. Conclusions
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1. 1. Novelties of the Proposal or Re-Decoration of Existing Practices?
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2. 2. Are Asylum Seekers no Longer a Privileged Group of Migrants in Europe?
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  1. a) Mere Information Gathering that Substantially Affects the Status and Rights of the Person?
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  2. b) Exploitation of Security Information and the ECtHR Approach
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  3. c) Position of Vulnerable Persons Less Predictable?
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  4. d) Inconsistencies with other Instruments on Reception Conditions
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  5. e) Prevention of Absconding without Detention? Mission (Im)possible?
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4. 4. Implementation Practicalities of Proposed Measures
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5. 5. Greater Role for the EU Agencies not Developed?
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6. 6. Concluding Remarks
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1. 1. Introduction
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2. 2. Closing the Gap: Management of Mixed Migration Flows
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3. 3. Novelties in the Amended Proposal for an Asylum Procedure Regulation
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4. 4. Expanding the Criteria for Accelerated Examination of Asylum Applications
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5. 5. Inadmissibility Decisions in the Border Procedure
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6. 6. Appeal and Suspensive Effect in the Asylum Border Procedure
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7. 7. Merging Border Procedures? Preliminary Conclusions
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1. 1. The Two Tracks of Administrative Cooperation and EU Agencies’ Novel Functions
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2. 2. EU Agencies’ Legal Mandates and the Pact: Nothing New under the Sun?
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  1. a) The Commission Communication: Proclaiming the Importance of EU Agencies in Administrative Cooperation
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    1. aa) Border Procedure: Unsatisfactory Embedding of EU Agencies’ Existing Roles and Current Administrative Realities
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    2. bb) Return Sponsorships: Embedding the Two-Track Approach to Administrative Cooperation
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4. 4. Concluding Remarks
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1. 1. EU Asylum Reform: Two Competing Narratives
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2. 2. Driving Forces behind Secondary Movements
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3. 3. Implications for the Reform Debate
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4. 4. Family Life: Recognising an Essential Motivation
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5. 5. ‘Other Carrots’: Incentivising Compliance
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6. 6. Streamlined Procedures
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7. 7. ‘Sticks’: Sanctioning Disrespect for EU Rules
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8. 8. Continuation of the Status Quo: Transfer of Jurisdiction
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9. 9. Conclusion: Overcoming the Vicious Circle
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1. 1. Introduction
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2. 2. Activation Mechanism
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3. 3. Eligibility Criteria for Receiving Protection
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4. 4. Rights of the Protected Persons
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5. 5. Access to International Protection Procedures and Time Limits
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6. 6. Conclusion
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1. 1. Introduction: Saving Lives by Pre-empting Arrivals
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2. 2. Background: A ‘Crisis’ of our Own Making
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  1. a) Normalising Disengagement
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  2. b) Policing Humanitarianism
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  3. c) (Not Entirely De-)Criminalising Humanitarian Assistance
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  1. a) Compulsory Solidarity?
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  2. b) Limitless Defection Possibilities
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  3. c) From Win-Win to Lose-Lose Outcomes
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5. 5. Concluding Remarks: Towards a Thousand Little Morias
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1. 1. Introduction – The Evolution of the EU’s Return System Reform
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2. 2. ‘Effective’ Returns as the Main Driving Force for the Reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS)
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  1. a) Reinforcing the EU’s Role on Returns Coordination
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  2. b) Extending the Links between Asylum and Returns Policies
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  3. c) Accelerating Returns: Mandatory Border Procedure as the New’Normal’
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  4. d) A New Form of Solidarity: Return Sponsorship and Relocation of Returnees/ Return Sponsorship as Redistribution of Solidarity
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  5. e) The Promotion of Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes: Challenges for Voluntariness and Non-Refoulement
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4. 4. Conclusion: Diminished Judicial Control, Policy Fragmentation and Questionable Efficiency
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1. 1. The EU’s Image as regards Fundamental Rights and Migration/Asylum
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2. 2. The International Relations Problem
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3. 3. The Difficulty of Delivering Benefits
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4. 4. Conclusions
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1. 1. Introduction
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2. 2. A ‘Change of Paradigm’ in Cooperation with Partner Countries?
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  1. a) What is New?
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  2. b) What is Missing?
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  3. c) What is in Excess?
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4. 4. Concluding Remarks
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1. 1. Introduction
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2. 2. EU Migration and Asylum Policies in the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework
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  1. a) Financial Implications of Screening Procedures
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  2. b) Financial Implications of Border Procedures
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  3. c) Financial Incentives for Solidarity: EU Budgetary Plans for Relocations
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4. 4. Concluding Remarks: The Impact of Financial Costs on the Implementation of the Migration Pact
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1. 1. Background and Choice of Instrument
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2. 2. Scope: What about the Screening Procedure?
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  1. a) Definition of Material Reception Conditions
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  2. b) The Unclear but Relevant ‘Dignified Standard of Treatment’
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4. 4. Emphasis on Residence Restrictions: Continuation of Containment Policies
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5. 5. Labour Market: Earlier Access but More Exclusions
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6. 6. Reduction and Withdrawal: Disciplining Asylum Seekers
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  1. a) Concept of Vulnerability Deleted
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  2. b) Representatives for Unaccompanied Minors
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  3. c) Access to Education
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8. 8. Conclusions
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1. 1. New Instruments or More of the Same?
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2. 2. Unresolved Contradictions and Dilemmas behind the EU Labour Migration Policy
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1. 1. Introduction
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2. 2. Previous Efforts to Promote Integration
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3. 3. Chapter 8 of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Integration of Migrants Should Lead to More Inclusive Societies
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4. 4. Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027
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5. 5. EU Competence to Legislate
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6. 6. EU Efforts to Foster Integration and the Global Compact On Migration
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7. 7. Conclusions
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