In spring, when it becomes warmer, drowning refugees in the Mediterranean occupy the media. A solution is demanded. Tony Blair (in 2003) and Otto Schily (in 2004) proposed the creation of European Union reception camps in North African states where refugees may seek asylum. Result: they would not need to come to Europe. A solution, debated with emotion, was born. This work examines the idea of externalised asylum procedures from a legal, a humanitarian, a political and an economic point of view. The analysis finally incorporates the solution into a broader context, namely the growing refugee burden sharing debate within the European Union (EU). Would the externalisation of asylum procedures represent an adequate EU refugee burden sharing system?
| ISBN: | 9783631562772 |
| Publication date: | 19th April 2007 |
| Author: | Elisabeth Haun |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wiss |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 130 pages |
| Series: | Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XXXI, Politikwissenschaft |
| Genres: |
Political science and theory |