Looking beyond the Rhetoric of the Refugee Crisis: The Failed Reform of the Common European Asylum System

Abstract

This column challenges the rhetoric of the refugee crisis and highlights the structural shortcomings of the Common European Asylum System. It focuses on the recent reform proposed by the European Commission and provides a critical account of the main proposed changes.

Keywords: Refugee Crisis, Migration Crisis, Common European Asylum System, Refugee, Asylum Seeker, Dublin Regulation, Qualification Directive, Reception Conditions, Refugee Definition, Safe Third Country, Resettlement