The evolution of the European regulation of asylum: from Geneva to Amsterdam.

Lyons, Carole

Abstract

This chapter examines the emergence of "new asylum" in Europe to 1997. New policy (safe countries of origin), new laws (re-admission treaties) and new language (e.g. the concept of "manifestly unfounded" claims) are found to now govern the management of asylum in Western Europe. In less that 50 years since the drafting of the Geneva Convention, widespread endorsement of asylum has ceded to a political imperative to curtail its exercise, with the developments under the Maastricht Treaty (Treaty on European Union) representing a major contribution to this restrictive climate. This transition has been dominated by individual states' agendas and restrictive preferences.

Citation

LYONS, C. 1999. The evolution of the European regulation of asylum: from Geneva to Amsterdam. In Harding, C. and Lim, C.L. (eds.) Renegotiating Westphalia: essays and commentary on the European and conceptual foundations of modern international law. Developments in international law, 34. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, chapter 9, pages 257-272.

• Publication Date: Dec 31, 1999
• Deposit Date: Jan 31, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 21, 2023
• Publisher: Kluwer Law International
• Pages: 257-272
• Series Title: Developments in international law
• Series Number: 34
• Series ISSN: 0924-5332
• Book Title: Renegotiating Westphalia: essays and commentary on the European and conceptual foundations of modern international law
• Chapter Number: 9
• ISBN: 9789041112507
• Keywords: Asylum; International law; Europe; European Union
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/843380