Format: lecture & seminar

With the refugee crisis, the largest since World War II, EU asylum policy has become not only one of the most complex policy areas, but also the most (hotly) debated topics of today. This lecture looks at the various principles and instruments that guide and regulate EU asylum policy, including the so-called ‘country of first entry’ rule and successive Dublin regulations.

Question for a short position paper and subsequent in-class discussion (question is based on reading): Will there be a more even  distribution of responsibility in the Dublin system? Substantiate your answer and describe what the regulatory aspects of EU asylum policy are.

Reading:

-          Steve Peers, EU Justice and Home Affairs Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2011, pp. 357-366.

-          MEDAM Assessment Report on Asylum and Migration Policies in Europe, Institute for the World Economy, Kiel 2017, pp 30-43.