The international protection regime in EU refugee law

Abstract

The 2016 migration crisis in Europe was the result of an ineffective asylum system combined with a lack of cooperation between European States, which led to secondary migration movements of asylum seekers who were denied refugee status. According to the Dublin Regulation, the reference criterion used to determine the country responsible for examining the asylum application in question is the criterion of the asylum seeker’s first country of entry. However, this rule proved to be ineffective as, faced with the high influx of refugees in Europe, the asylum systems of European countries, especially those in the Mediterranean, became overloaded, which led to asylum seekers having to apply for asylum more than once in States other than the designated by Dublin, according to the criteria established in the Regulation. This dissertation thus aims to analyze the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, proposed by the European Commission in 2020, more specifically the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation, focusing on the problem of solidarity, which is nowadays a highly debated issue in the European context. In addition, this analysis aims to assess whether the Pact is an adequate and sufficient response to international protection.

Date of Award	15 Jul 2024
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Benedita Menezes Queiroz (Supervisor)