The Concept of ‘Safe Country’ and Expeditious Asylum Procedures: A Western European Perspective

Hailbronner, Kay

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“…14 "Safe third country" provisions mean that asylum seekers are denied access to the refugee status determination procedure on the grounds that they could or should have requested and, if qualified, would actually have been granted asylum in another country. In practice this means that asylum seekers who have travelled through other countries before reaching their destination will not have their asylum application examined in the country of their choice but will be returned to the other country (Hailbronner 1993;Kjaergaard 1994). 15 Later in this paper it will be shown, however, that attributing the drop mainly to changes in German asylum policy is highly questionable.…”

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Does Policy Matter? On Governments' Attempts to Control Unwanted Migration

Thielemann

2005

SSRN Journal

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Public policy making on asylum takes place in an environment of intense public scrutiny, strong institutional constraints and international collective action problems.By assessing the relative importance of key pull factors of international migration, this article explains why, even when controlling for their differences in size, some states receive a much larger number of asylum seekers than others. The analysis of 20 OECD countries for the period 1985-1999 further shows that some of the most high profile public policy measures-safe third country provisions, dispersal and voucher schemes-aimed, at least in part, at deterring unwanted migration and at addressing the highly unequal distribution of asylum burdens have often been ineffective. This is because the key determinants of an asylum seeker's choice of host country are historical, economic and reputational factors that largely lie beyond the reach of asylum policy makers. The paper argues that the effectiveness of unilateral policy measures will be further undermined by multilateral attempts to harmonise restrictive policies and that current efforts such as those by the European Union consolidate, rather than effectively address, existing disparities in the distribution of asylum burdens.

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Does Policy Matter? On Governments' Attempts to Control Unwanted Migration

Thielemann

2005

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“…Ni siquiera en el caso de los emigrantes del Este de Europa la distinción entre refugiados e inmigrantes económicos ha sido fácil. Como se ha visto en experiencias recientes los refugiados suelen dejar sus países de coincidiendo con momentos de cambio político sustancial, cuando hay una mejora general en la situación de los derechos humanos pero también, y simultáneamente, un colapso del sistema económico y social (HAILBRONNER, 1993) En resumen, la observación de la realidad social y de las circunstancias que inducen a los éxodos de población pone de manifiesto una notable variedad de situaciones, que también es sintetizada conceptualmente de forma diversa no sólo por investigadores, medios de comunicación, etc; sino lo que es más importante, por las instituciones y organizaciones que proporcionan información estadística sobre el tema: ACNUR, US Committee for Refugees, gobiernos nacionales, algunas organizaciones no gubernamentales, etc. Un caso representativo de esta situación heterogénea es el de ACNUR, organismo para el que la condición de refugiado viene dada cada vez más por la situación vigente en el país donde se produce el 6xodo y no tanto por la situación individual de la persona7.…”

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El estudio de las migraciones de refugiados: cuestiones teóricas y metodológicas

Orcao¹

2017

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Resumen: En el panorama mundial de las migraciones internacionales destacan por su importancia creciente las de refugiados. No obstante, como se expone en el artículo, su estudio conlleva diversas dificultades de orden conceptual y teórico. Por ello la autora plantea la necesidad de situar el tema en su contexto histórico, económico y político y sugiere tres postulados que, en su opinión, contribuyen a un mejor y más crítico entendimiento del mismo.Palabras clave: Migraciones internacionales, refugiados, políticas migratorias, desequilibrios intenacionales. Abstract:Refugees are a growing part of the complex stream of international migration. Nevertheless the geograpl-iical study of refugee flows faces many problems, as conceptual and theoretical. In order to overcome them the author suggests three postulates which emphasize the historical, economical and political context of the issue. Key words:International migrations, refugees, migration policies, international gap.Las migraciones internacionales continúan siendo uno de los temas más atractivos para la investigación geográfica. De hecho durante los últimos años se vienen produciendo tipos de migración internacional que, como se recuerda en el programa del próximo congreso internacional de Geografía -La Haya, 1996-, están La investigación en que se basa este artículo fue realizada por la autora durante su estancia eri la Universidad de Londres como becaria post-doctoral del programa "Capital Humano y Movilidad" de las Comunidades Europeas. La autora desea agradecer a los doctores Richard Black y Anthony Warnes, del departamento de Geografía del King's College, sus orientaciones durante el desarrollo de la investigación.

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“…67 The European Council also agreed that this process of harmonization would be divided into two main phases: a first phase (ending in 62 See Ref. In addition, ''fairness'' is a sufficiently flexible notion which can be moulded to meet, where necessary, the potentially strong demand for efficiency.…”

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Reforming the Common European Asylum System — Legislative developments and judicial activism of the European Courts

Velluti

2014

SpringerBriefs in Law

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The Concept of ‘Safe Country’ and Expeditious Asylum Procedures: A Western European Perspective

Cited by 44 publications

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Does Policy Matter? On Governments' Attempts to Control Unwanted Migration

Does Policy Matter? On Governments' Attempts to Control Unwanted Migration

El estudio de las migraciones de refugiados: cuestiones teóricas y metodológicas

Reforming the Common European Asylum System — Legislative developments and judicial activism of the European Courts

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