Asylum Politics and Asylum Law in the European Union
Revista SCIENTIA IVRIDICA da Universidade do Minho –Centro de Estudos Jurídicos do Minho (CEJUR) , Toma LIX – No. 321, pp. 7-32, – January-March, 2010
21 Pages Posted: 12 Apr 2007 Last revised: 4 Jun 2010
Abstract
It can be said that the idea of asylum is as old as the dawn of humanity. Perhaps, this is why there is a panoply of legislation and literature (international and/or European) which directly and/or indirectly characterises this phenomenon. However, in our opinion, a true Asylum Law does not effectively exist in the European Union, at least, in the sense that it is traditionally considered, as a set of harmonious and correlated rules. What we have are several asylum policies, which vary among the different Member States .
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Keywords: European Union, Refugee, Asylum Politics, Asylum Law
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