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The Dublin Regulation, analyzed in a new MPI report
Mariana Andrei - Communication Coordinator
22 April 2015
The report “Not Adding Up: The Fading Promise of Europe's Dublin System”, published by Susan Fratzke within Migration Policy Institute (MPI), looks at the main criticisms to the Dublin Regulation, with special attention to making the European asylum system more efficient and ensuring unrestricted access to the asylum procedure and international protection.
The main purpose of the European Union's Dublin Regulation, as an element of the new common European asylum system, was to designate the member state responsible for processing an individual asylum application. The mechanism was designed to ensure rapid access to protection for those in need and to discourage abuse upon the asylum system.
In an European area with no internal border control, the Dublin system or any other similar mechanism remains a necessary element in any asylum policy. The Dublin Regulation’s implementation proved however that it fails to reach its two main objectives mentioned above: access to protection and limiting abuse. The lawyers involved in the asylum system have criticized the Dublin mechanism for the procedural delays in assessing asylum claims, which may disturb family unity and may put vulnerable persons at risk. In addition the transfer rate among member states continues to be very low, and secondary migration remains significant. The regulation also ignores the big differences between member states in terms of asylum procedure, reception and integration conditions, which means that equal treatment of asylum seekers in any member state is not possible in practice.
The report evaluates the recently adopted changes of the Regulation (Dublin III), and gives some recommendations for the European Commission’s scheduled review in 2016. The document may be accessed at the link provided in the material's source.
Source: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/not-adding-fading-promise-europes-dublin-system
The main purpose of the European Union's Dublin Regulation, as an element of the new common European asylum system, was to designate the member state responsible for processing an individual asylum application. The mechanism was designed to ensure rapid access to protection for those in need and to discourage abuse upon the asylum system.
In an European area with no internal border control, the Dublin system or any other similar mechanism remains a necessary element in any asylum policy. The Dublin Regulation’s implementation proved however that it fails to reach its two main objectives mentioned above: access to protection and limiting abuse. The lawyers involved in the asylum system have criticized the Dublin mechanism for the procedural delays in assessing asylum claims, which may disturb family unity and may put vulnerable persons at risk. In addition the transfer rate among member states continues to be very low, and secondary migration remains significant. The regulation also ignores the big differences between member states in terms of asylum procedure, reception and integration conditions, which means that equal treatment of asylum seekers in any member state is not possible in practice.
The report evaluates the recently adopted changes of the Regulation (Dublin III), and gives some recommendations for the European Commission’s scheduled review in 2016. The document may be accessed at the link provided in the material's source.
Source: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/not-adding-fading-promise-europes-dublin-system
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