Report on the Workshop on Refugee and Asylum Policy in Practice in Europe and North America

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Randall Hansen

University of Toronto - Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

Susan Martin

Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)

Andrew I. Schoenholtz

Georgetown University Law Center

Patrick Weil

Yale University - Law School

Date Written: July 1, 1999

Abstract

Western nations have struggled to accomplish the dual goals of refugee and asylum policies: (1) identifying and protecting Convention refugees as well as those fleeing civil conflict; and (2) controlling for abuse. The Workshop on Refugee and Asylum Policy in Practice in Europe and North America was organized to facilitate a transatlantic dialogue to explore just how well these asylum systems are balancing the dual goals. The workshop exa!llined key elements of the U.S. and European asylum systems: decision making on claims, deterrence of abuse, independent review, return of rejected asylum seekers, scope of the refugee concept, social rights and employment, international cooperation, and data and evaluation.

The Workshop was convened by the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) of Georgetown University and the Center for the Study of Immigration, Integration and Citizenship Policies (CEPIC) of the Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique, with the support of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. It was held on July 1-3, 1999, at Oxford University. Workshop participants included government officials, scholars, and representatives from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) actively involved in analyzing and implementing refugee and asylum policies.

This report outlines the major points of discussion and the areas of consensus at the Workshop, and emphasizes the issues in need of further analysis and agreement. Through this report, the Workshop seeks to encourage further discussion on refugee and asylum policies in practice in order to clarify, develop, and improve the existing mechanisms for protection.

Keywords: immigration laws, humanitarian, refugees, asylum

Suggested Citation

Hansen, Randall and Martin, Susan and Schoenholtz, Andrew I. and Weil, Patrick, Report on the Workshop on Refugee and Asylum Policy in Practice in Europe and North America (July 1, 1999). Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2000, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3407534

Randall Hansen

University of Toronto - Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Susan Martin

Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) ( email )

Washington, DC 20057
United States

Andrew I. Schoenholtz (Contact Author)

Georgetown University Law Center ( email )

Washington, DC
United States

Patrick Weil

Yale University - Law School ( email )

P.O. Box 208215
New Haven, CT 06520-8215
United States

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