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There has been a tension created between the EU and nation states. Following the 2015 refugee crisis some member states enacted legislation to speed up deportations. [119] however the EU began threatening to withhold development aid from or impose visa restrictions on countries refusing to take in their own citizens. [citation needed]
Since 1999, refugees entering Europe have been subject to the laws in place in accordance with the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). These laws were established to prohibit European Union Member States from sending individuals back to where they came from at risk of persecution, and to offer international protection to those who were ...
Under international law, a refugee is a person who has fled their own country of nationality or habitual residence, and cannot return due to fear of persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
The Dublin Regulation (Regulation No. 604/2013; sometimes the Dublin III Regulation; previously the Dublin II Regulation and Dublin Convention) is a Regulation of the European Union that determines which EU member state is responsible for the examination of an application for asylum, submitted by persons seeking international protection under the Geneva Convention and the Qualification ...
Close to 4 million Ukrainians are thought to have crossed into the EU since the war with Russia began. It’s the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II, and it’s forcing European ...
The New Pact on Migration and Asylum, also known as the EU Migration Pact [1] [2] or the EU Asylum and Migration Pact, [3] [4] is a set of new European Union rules concerning migration set to take effect in June 2026. [5]
The governments of eight European Union member states said Friday the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland. In a ...
The Council of Europe said decisions made by its member nations to deport Syrians raised "urgent questions about whether states are acting in accordance” with international laws and the ...