Reform of the Common European Asylum System: A difficult undertaking

In the spring of 2018 the EU institutions were about to decide on major new rules regarding the reception and the treatment of asylum applicants as well as their allocation among member states. The trigger for the intended reforms related to the current regulatory framework’s shortcomings that emerged during the refugee crisis: an uneven sharing of responsibilities for asylum procedures and massive irregular migration within the EU.

However, the Dublin procedure recast has stalled, as several member states strictly refuse the planned corrective mechanism for a fair sharing of responsibility. The prospects seemed to be more favourable with regard to the harmonisation of the asylum procedures and conditions.

EP: EPRS: Briefing: EU Legislation in Progress, March 2017 (and periodically updated): Recast Eurodac Regulation http://www.europeansources.info/showDoc?ID=1220299

EP: EPRS: Briefing: EU Legislation in Progress, March 2017 (and periodically updated): Reform of the Dublin system http://www.europeansources.info/record/reform-of-the-dublin-system/

EP: EPRS: Briefing: EU Legislation in Progress, March 2017 (and periodically updated): Common procedure for asylum http://www.europeansources.info/record/common-procedure-for-asylum/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

EP: EPRS: Briefing: EU Legislation in Progress, December 2017 and periodically updated): Resettlement of refugees: EU framework http://www.europeansources.info/record/resettlement-of-refugees-eu-framework/

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