Humanitarian Admission to Europe

Prof. Dr. Marie-Claire Foblets; Dr. Luc Leboeuf

doi:10.5771/9783845298603

Summary

Bringing together contributions from legal scholars and practitioners, this book contributes to a broader reflection on the extent to which policy controversies on humanitarian admission to Europe are channeled and managed through law.

The book is divided into four parts. The first part identifies the international and European legal obligations that are binding on both the EU and the Member States, and the constraints they impose – potentially and actually – when dealing with migrants who are outside EU territory. The second part studies the legal framework of humanitarian admission in three Member States (Germany, Italy and Belgium), as well as the related procedures and practices. The third part focuses on the experiences of those seeking humanitarian admission, including how they mobilize the law to obtain legal access to Europe. It presents the results of ethnographic fieldwork conducted among refugees in a refugee camp in Uganda who are seeking resettlement, as well as the testimony of the lawyer who defended a Syrian family applying for a humanitarian visa in Belgium in a landmark case that was litigated before the CJEU (X. and X. v. Belgium). The fourth part discusses the prospects for future developments in the EU legal and policy framework, including attempts at reforming the EU Visa Code and establishing a Union resettlement framework.

The book is edited by Marie-Claire Foblets and Luc Leboeuf, both from the Department of Law and Anthropology of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-5730-5
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-9860-3
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Schriften zum Migrationsrecht
Volume: 30
Language: English
Pages: 371
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 10 Download chapter (PDF)
1. IntroductionPages 11 - 13 Download chapter (PDF)
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  1. 1.1 From ‘Legal Avenues’ and ‘Safe Pathways’, to ‘Humanitarian Visas’ and other ‘Protected Entry Procedures’
  2. 1.2 Policy Developments at EU Level. A Focus on Resettlement
3. 2 Litigation for Humanitarian Admission to EuropePages 27 - 31 Download chapter (PDF)
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  1. 3.1 The CJEU Invoking the Limits to its Competence of Judicial Review
  2. 3.2. Some Limits to the Intervention of Courts in Policy Debates on Humanitarian admission to Europe
5. 4 The Revolving Doors of the Rule of LawPages 39 - 42 Download chapter (PDF)
6. 5 The Law Between Promises and ConstraintsPages 43 - 46 Download chapter (PDF)
1. Dirk Hanschel Download chapter (PDF)
  1. IntroductionDirk Hanschel
  2. 1 A Major Discrepancy Between Moral Claim and Legal RealityDirk Hanschel
  3. Dirk Hanschel
    1. 2.1 The Scope of Human Rights - Territory, Jurisdiction and Beyond?Dirk Hanschel
    2. Dirk Hanschel
      1. 2.2.1 The Standard of the ICCPRDirk Hanschel
      2. 2.2.2 The Standard of the ICESCRDirk Hanschel
    3. 2.3 The Exercise of Jurisdiction and Resulting Human Rights Obligations in EmbassiesDirk Hanschel
    4. 2.4 Inside Jurisdiction and/or Territory, but Outside Full Human Rights ProtectionDirk Hanschel
  4. Conclusion and OutlookDirk Hanschel
2. Stephanie Law Download chapter (PDF)
  1. Stephanie Law
    1. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Plight of the Syrian Family and the Externalisation of Border Control by the EUStephanie Law
    2. The Common European Asylum System (CEAS)Stephanie Law
    3. Schengen and the EU Legal Framework on VisasStephanie Law
  2. Protected Entry Procedures and Humanitarian VisasStephanie Law
  3. The Problem of the ‘Foot in the Door’ to the EUStephanie Law
  4. The Situation of the Syrian FamilyStephanie Law
  5. The ECJ’s Interpretation of EU LawStephanie Law
  6. The Application of the EU Fundamental Rights Framework to Humanitarian VisasStephanie Law
  7. The Political Questions: Policy and Legislative Discussions at the EU LevelStephanie Law
  8. ConclusionStephanie Law
3. Sylvie Sarolea Download chapter (PDF)
  1. IntroductionSylvie Sarolea
  2. 1. The Setting of the Play: The Right of Asylum, a Right ‘of the Foot in the Door’Sylvie Sarolea
  3. 2. The Need for Legal AvenuesSylvie Sarolea
  4. 3. X & X: Does EU LAW require EU States to Open Legal Avenues for Asylum Seekers?Sylvie Sarolea
  5. Sylvie Sarolea
    1. 4.1 The textSylvie Sarolea
    2. 4.2 The Inconstancy of the Criteria of IntentionSylvie Sarolea
    3. 4.3 The Forgotten Possibility for a ProlongationSylvie Sarolea
  6. 5. Scope of Application of EU Asylum LawSylvie Sarolea
  7. 6. Consequences on the Application of the EU CharterSylvie Sarolea
  8. 7. The scope of territorial jurisdiction of the European Convention of Human RightsSylvie Sarolea
  9. 8. Access to Justice and the Criteria of the Availability of an AlternativeSylvie Sarolea
  10. 9. Bridging the Gaps in Access to Justice: the Global Compact for RefugeesSylvie Sarolea
1. Katia Bianchini Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1 IntroductionKatia Bianchini
  2. Katia Bianchini
    1. 2.1 Legal basis of the humanitarian corridorsKatia Bianchini
    2. 2.2 The MoUs for the humanitarian corridors: signatories, selection of countries and number of humanitarian visasKatia Bianchini
    3. 2.3 The process of identification and selection of beneficiaries for the humanitarian corridorsKatia Bianchini
    4. Katia Bianchini
      1. 2.4.1 ‘Vulnerability’Katia Bianchini
      2. 2.4.2 Integration in Italy and avoidance of secondary movementsKatia Bianchini
    5. 2.5 Reception of beneficiaries: legal status and support provided after arrivalKatia Bianchini
    6. 2.6 Perspectives for enhancement and replication of the humanitarian corridors in other countriesKatia Bianchini
    7. 2.7 ShortcomingsKatia Bianchini
  3. 3 Other uses of humanitarian visas and instances of ad-hoc entry measuresKatia Bianchini
  4. Katia Bianchini
    1. 4.1. The debate on the need of EU legislation on protected entriesKatia Bianchini
    2. Katia Bianchini
      1. 4.2.1 Subjective rightKatia Bianchini
      2. 4.2.2 Procedural guaranteesKatia Bianchini
  5. 5 ConclusionKatia Bianchini
  6. AppendixKatia Bianchini
2. Pauline Endres de Oliveira Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 6.1 IntroductionPauline Endres de Oliveira
  2. 6.2 Admission in exceptional individual casesPauline Endres de Oliveira
  3. Pauline Endres de Oliveira
    1. 6.3.1 HAP Syria 1 – 3: Procedure and beneficiariesPauline Endres de Oliveira
    2. 6.3.2 Admissions on the basis of the EU-Turkey-Statement: HAP TurkeyPauline Endres de Oliveira
  4. Pauline Endres de Oliveira
    1. 6.4.1 Private sponsorship programmes for relatives of Syrian nationals in GermanyPauline Endres de Oliveira
    2. 6.4.2 Controversies raised by private sponsorship: Duration of financial commitmentsPauline Endres de Oliveira
  5. Pauline Endres de Oliveira
    1. 6.5.1 Beneficiaries of resettlementPauline Endres de Oliveira
    2. 6.5.2 Resettlement proceduresPauline Endres de Oliveira
    3. 6.5.3 Germany’s commitment to the EU resettlement programme: A game of numbersPauline Endres de Oliveira
  6. Pauline Endres de Oliveira
    1. 6.6.1 The mentorship scheme as novelty to resettlementPauline Endres de Oliveira
    2. 6.6.2 NesT – Weak resettlement or improved private-sponsorship?Pauline Endres de Oliveira
  7. Pauline Endres de Oliveira
    1. Pauline Endres de Oliveira
      1. 6.7.1.1 Reception and place of residencePauline Endres de Oliveira
      2. 6.7.1.2 Duration of stay and options of permanent settlementPauline Endres de Oliveira
      3. 6.7.1.3 Access to work, social benefits and language coursesPauline Endres de Oliveira
      4. 6.7.1.4 The travel document as ‘Achilles heel’ of resettlement refugee statusPauline Endres de Oliveira
    2. Pauline Endres de Oliveira
      1. 6.7.2.1 Family reunification depends on the method of arrivalPauline Endres de Oliveira
      2. 6.7.2.2 Family reunification depends on the time of arrival: The changing laws and policies regarding beneficiaries of subsidiary protectionPauline Endres de Oliveira
  8. 6.8 ConclusionPauline Endres de Oliveira
3. Serge Bodart Download chapter (PDF)
  1. IntroductionSerge Bodart
  2. 1 The LegislationSerge Bodart
  3. 2 The Administrative Practices and Case LawSerge Bodart
  4. Conclusion: The Pending QuestionsSerge Bodart
1. Sophie Nakueira Download chapter (PDF)
  1. IntroductionSophie Nakueira
  2. 1 A Word on MethodSophie Nakueira
  3. Sophie Nakueira
    1. 2.1 Conforming to Vulnerability CategoriesSophie Nakueira
    2. 2.2 Multiplying Soft Law RegimesSophie Nakueira
  4. Sophie Nakueira
    1. 3.1 Dependency on aid systemSophie Nakueira
    2. 3.2 Climate ChangeSophie Nakueira
    3. 3.3 Economic DimensionSophie Nakueira
    4. 3.4 Poor InfrastructureSophie Nakueira
    5. 3.5 Contested Concept of ‘Family’Sophie Nakueira
    6. 3.6 Conflict of Interest in the Provision of Aid ServicesSophie Nakueira
    7. 3.7 The Exercise of Discretion by Aid AgenciesSophie Nakueira
  5. 4 Escaping Vulnerability: Survival StrategiesSophie Nakueira
  6. ConclusionSophie Nakueira
2. Chapter 8: Making the Case X&X for the Humanitarian VisaPages 271 - 282 Tristan Wibault Download chapter (PDF)
1. Catharina Ziebritzki Download chapter (PDF)
  1. IntroductionCatharina Ziebritzki
  2. Catharina Ziebritzki
    1. 1.1. Emphasis on resettlement in the context of crisisCatharina Ziebritzki
    2. 1.2. Elements of the emerging EU resettlement lawCatharina Ziebritzki
  3. Catharina Ziebritzki
    1. 2.1. Towards replacing territorial asylum procedures?Catharina Ziebritzki
    2. 2.2. Towards externalising responsibility?Catharina Ziebritzki
  4. Catharina Ziebritzki
    1. 3.1. Resettlement as a component of the Common European Asylum SystemCatharina Ziebritzki
    2. 3.2. Objective I: Providing international protectionCatharina Ziebritzki
    3. 3.3. Objective II: Complementing territorial asylum proceduresCatharina Ziebritzki
    4. 3.4. Objective III: Sharing international responsibilityCatharina Ziebritzki
  5. ConclusionCatharina Ziebritzki
2. Eugenia Relaño Pastor Download chapter (PDF)
  1. 1. IntroductionEugenia Relaño Pastor
  2. Eugenia Relaño Pastor
    1. 2.1 What do we mean by humanitarian visa?Eugenia Relaño Pastor
    2. 2.2. Humanitarian visas and EU fundamental rightsEugenia Relaño Pastor
  3. 3. Current Regulatory FrameworkEugenia Relaño Pastor
  4. Eugenia Relaño Pastor
    1. 4.1 From the Treaty of Amsterdam to the Stockholm ProgrammeEugenia Relaño Pastor
    2. 4.2. From the Stockholm Programme to the migration crisisEugenia Relaño Pastor
    3. 4.3 The LIBE Committee´s legislative own-initiative reportEugenia Relaño Pastor
  5. 5. Some concluding observationsEugenia Relaño Pastor
3. Jean-Yves Carlier Download chapter (PDF)
  1. The Long-term Path: Visa Facilitation and SuppressionJean-Yves Carlier
  2. The Short-term Path: Judicial ControlJean-Yves Carlier