The Crisis of European Refugee Law: Lessons from Lake Success
31 Pages Posted: 24 May 2016
Date Written: May 23, 2016
Abstract
In this paper, we address three connected central issues in refugee law. Firstly, who is entitled to protection? Secondly, what should that protection entail – merely allowing the presence of refugees in the territory, or allowing access to the labour market and health and welfare systems? Thirdly, where should refugees receive protection – in the first country in which they arrive after fleeing their home country, or elsewhere? We analyze the current crisis of European refugee law by looking back at the drafting history of the 1951 Refugee Convention. European policy makers can learn from the way in which the drafters partially solved these issues in 1950/1951.
Keywords: Refugee law, asylum law, European asylum law
JEL Classification: K33
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