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The Europeanization of International Refugee Law

The Europeanization of International Refugee Law. Catherine Dauvergne UBC Faculty of Law dauvergne@law.ubc.ca photos courtesy of Efrat Arbel, UNHCR, CBSA, truthoverboard.com. Drop in Global Asylum Statistics. past 5 years, asylum seekers in industrialized countries down by half

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The Europeanization of International Refugee Law

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  1. The Europeanization of International Refugee Law Catherine Dauvergne UBC Faculty of Law dauvergne@law.ubc.ca photos courtesy of Efrat Arbel, UNHCR, CBSA, truthoverboard.com

  2. Drop in Global Asylum Statistics • past 5 years, asylum seekers in industrialized countries down by half • 336,000 asylum claims last year • Canada: lowest since 1985; EU lowest since 1988 • per capita top receiving countries: Cyprus, Austria, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland • Canada, US, Australia and NZ considerably lower than European countries

  3. Context of Global ‘Crackdown’ • begins in the early 1990s • changes in Australia, Canada, France, Germany • coincides with the signing of the Amsterdam Treaty in the European Union • importance and unimportance of September 11, 2001

  4. Moving Towards a Common European Asylum System • now poised to begin ‘phase two’ • April 2004: Qualification Directive • a reading of the Refugee Convention • subsidiary protection • December 2005: Procedures Directive • safe third country imperative • interviews, legal aid, appeals • consequences of a minimum standards approach, state practice and the reading of international law

  5. Canada in Context • exclusions • legal aid • Refugee Appeal Division • interpretative instructions • Safe Third Country Agreement

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