Full Description
This book, edited by Vincent Chetail, Philippe De Bruycker and Francesco Maiani, is aimed at analysing the recent changes of the Common European Asylum System, the progress achieved and the remaining flaws. The overall objective and key added value of this volume are to provide a comprehensive and critical account of the recast instruments governing asylum law and policy in the European Union.
This book is the outcome of the 7th Congress of the Academic Network for Legal Studies on Immigration and Asylum in Europe held in Brussels in 2014. Contributors are: Hemme Battjes, Céline Bauloz, Ulrike Brandl, Vincent Chetail, Cathryn Costello, Philippe De Bruycker, Madeline Garlick, Elspeth Guild, Emily Hancox, Lyra Jakuleviciene, Francesco Maiani, Barbara Mikołajczyk, Géraldine Ruiz, Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi, Patricia Van De Peer and Jens Vedsted-Hansen.
Contents
Part I Introduction
Chapter 1 The Common European Asylum System: Bric-à-brac or System? Vincent Chetail;
Chapter 2 The Complex Relationship of Asylum and Border Controls in the European Union Elspeth Guild;
Chapter 3 Negotiating the Second Generation of the Common European Asylum System Instruments: A Chronicle Patricia Van De Peer;
Part II The Dublin Regulation
Chapter 4 The Dublin III Regulation: A New Legal Framework for a More Humane System? Francesco Maiani;
Chapter 5 Family Unity and Family Reunification in the Dublin System:
Still Utopia or Already Reality? Ulrike Brandl;
Chapter 6 The Dublin System, Solidarity and Individual Rights Madeline Garlick;
Part III The Qualification Directive
Chapter 7 Piecemeal Engineering: The Recast of the Rules on Qualification for International Protection Hemme Battjes;
Chapter 8 Refugee Status and Subsidiary Protection:
Towards a Uniform Content of International Protection? Céline Bauloz & Géraldine Ruiz;
Part IV The Reception Conditions Directive
Chapter 9 The European Union Reception Conditions: A Dignified Standard of Living for Asylum Seekers? Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi;
Chapter 10 Reception Conditions as Human Rights:
Pan-European Standard or Systemic Deficiencies? Jens Vedsted-Hansen;
Chapter 11 Vulnerable Persons as a New Sub-Group of Asylum Seekers? Lyra Jakuleviciene;
Part V The Asylum Procedures Directive
Chapter 12 The Recast Asylum Procedures Directive 2013/32/EU:
Caught between the Stereotypes of the Abusive Asylum-Seeker and the Vulnerable Refugee Cathryn Costello & Emily Hancox;
Chapter 13 Legal Aid for Applicants for International ProtectionBarbara Mikołajczyk;
Part VI Conclusion
Chapter 14 Building the Common European Asylum System beyond Legislative Harmonisation: Practical Cooperation, Solidarity and External Dimension Philippe De Bruycker & Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi;
Index.
