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EU: Statewatch Analysis: The revised directive on Refugee and Subsidiary Protection status by Steve Peers

01 July 2011

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EU: Statewatch Analysis: The revised directive on Refugee and Subsidiary Protection status (pdf) by Steve Peers, University of Essex:

"The Council and European Parliament have apparently agreed a "first-reading" deal on revising the EU's Directive on the definition and content of refugee and subsidiary protection status (the "qualification Directive"). Taken in isolation, the new rules are a modest improvement on the existing legislation. But seen in a broader context, they leave untouched the more troubling aspects of the EU's regime on asylum and border control....

Addressing [one of the main] problems will require either an effective system for suspending transfers to Member States which fail to apply the EU's rules, or a profound rethink of the processes used to ensure that Member States apply EU law in practice."

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