The following resources provide an update on asylum developments in the European context:Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries First Half 2009: Statistical overview of asylum applications lodged in Europe and selected non-European countries (UNHCR, Oct. 2009) [text]
Atlas des migrants en Europe: Géographie critique des politiques migratoires (MIGREUROP, Sept. 2009) [info]
- "L’objectif de cet atlas est de donner à voir, à travers l’organisation spatiale des frontières migratoires de l’Union européenne, l’impact humain du renforcement des contrôles migratoires: non seulement à travers les conditions de vie des étrangers bloqués aux frontières ou vivant dans ces territoires aux marges de l’existence que sont les jungles du Calaisis en France ou les tranquilos de la région d’Oujda au Maroc, mais aussi dans l’accès des demandeurs d’asile au statut de réfugié, dans la protection des mineurs isolés ou dans les déplacements de celles et ceux qui souhaitent tout simplement rendre visite à des parents ou amis en Europe."
The Common European Asylum System: Future Challenges and Opportunities, Stockholm, 3-4 November 2009 [info]
- The aim of the meeting is to "discuss selected problems such as access to asylum and the establishment of protection-sensitive border management, as well as the quality of asylum and harmonization of asylum practice. The expected outcome of the conference is to agree on a number of recommendations and proposals for the next steps of a future Common European Asylum System."
European Migration Law (Intersentia, Aug. 2009) [info]
- "This book brings together in one context the European and international legal regimes on migration as applicable to the territories of the Member States of the European Union." Part III focuses on forced migration, with chapters on international refugee protection, asylum protection under the ECHR, the Common EU Asylum System, and victims of human trafficking.
Migration Policy is All at Sea and Needs to Change (European Voice, Oct. 2009) [text]
A Single and Fairer Asylum Procedure for a Uniform Status in the EU: Putting in Place the Final Building Blocks for International Protection (European Commission, Oct. 2009) [text]
- See also related Q&A.
For more information:
- ECRE's Weekly Bulletins
- Statewatch's Observatory on EU Asylum and Immigration Policy
- UNHCR's European Union Asylum Law & Policy
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