Journal article

Publication details

Coercion, prohibition, and great expectations: the continuing failure of the Common European Asylum System (English)
in journal: Common Market Law Review (English)
Coertion, prohibition, and great expectations: the continuing failure of the Common European Asylum System ( English title )
in journal: Common Market Law Review ( English title )

Volume number: 53
Issue number: 3
Release year: 2016
Page range: 607-642

Author(s) details

Thomas Spijkerboer

Jorrit Rijpma

Maarten den Heijer

Publication description

Keywords:
European Migration and Asylum Law, Common European Asylum System, Asylum Procedures, Asylum Policy Crisis.
Abstract:
This contribution explains the European asylum policy crisis from three structural weaknesses of the Common European Asylum System: its reliance on coercion within the EU, its unrealistic expectations of what borders can achieve and the premise of prohibition of refugee movement in its external dimension. The article then critically reviews the proposals that the EU has submitted since the publication of the European Migration Agenda in May 2015, in the light of recent developments.