TY - RPRT A1 - Guild, Elspeth A1 - Costello, Cathryn A1 - Moreno-Lax, Violeta T1 - Implementation of the 2015 Council Decisions establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and of Greece N2 - This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines the EU’s mechanism of relocation of asylum seekers from Greece and Italy to other Member States. It examines the scheme in the context of the Dublin System, the hotspot approach, and the EU-Turkey Statement, recommending that asylum seekers’ interests, and rights be duly taken into account, as it is only through their full engagement that relocation will be successful. Relocation can become a system that provides flexibility for Member States and local host communities, as well as accommodating the agency and dignity of asylumseekers. This requires greater cooperation from receiving States, and a clearer role for a single EU legal and institutional framework to organise preference matching and rationalise efforts and resources overall. Y1 - 2017 UR - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2017/583132/IPOL_STU(2017)583132_EN.pdf ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Guild, Elspeth A1 - Costello, Cathryn A1 - Garlick, Madeline A1 - Moreno-Lax, Violeta T1 - Enhancing the Common European Asylum System and Alternatives to Dublin N2 - Upon request by the LIBE committee, this study examines the reasons why the Dublin system of allocation of responsibility for asylum seekers does not work effectively from the viewpoint of Member States or asylum-seekers. It argues that as long as it is based on the use of coercion against asylum seekers, it cannot serve as an effective tool to address existing imbalances in the allocation of responsibilities among Member States. The EU is faced with two substantial challenges: first, how to prevent unsafe journeys and risks to the lives of people seeking international protection in the EU; and secondly, how to organise the distribution of related responsibilities and costs among the Member States. This study addresses these issues with recommendations aimed at resolving current practical, legal and policy problems. Y1 - 2015 UR - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2015/519234/IPOL_STU%282015%29519234_EN.pdf ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Guild, Elspeth A1 - Costello, Cathryn A1 - Garlick, Madeline A1 - Moreno-Lax, Violeta A1 - Mouzourakis, Minos T1 - New Approaches, Alternative Avenues and Means of Access to Asylum Procedures for Persons Seeking International Protection N2 - Upon request by the LIBE committee, this study examines the workings of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), in order to assess the need and potential for new approaches to ensure access to protection for people seeking it in the EU, including joint processing and distribution of asylum seekers. Rather than advocating the addition of further complexity and coercion to the CEAS, the study proposes a focus on front-line reception and streamlined refugee status determination, in order to mitigate the asylum challenges facing Member States, and guarantee the rights of asylum seekers and refugees according to the EU acquis and international legal standards. Y1 - 2014 UR - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=IPOL_STU(2014)509989 ER -