European Readmission Policy : Third Country Interests and Refugee Rights.
Material type: TextSeries: Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy in Europe, 16Publisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (408 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004180741Subject(s): Aliens -- European Union countries | Deportation -- European Union countries | Emigration and immigration law -- European Union countries | Illegal aliens -- European Union countriesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: European Readmission Policy : Third Country Interests and Refugee RightsDDC classification: 342.2408/2 LOC classification: KJE6044 -- .C65 2009ebOnline resources: Click to ViewTable of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- I Introduction -- I.i Genesis, scope and title -- I.ii Sources -- I.iii Structure -- I.iv Policy context and terminology -- Chapter 1 History of readmission policies in Europe -- 1.1 Early European readmission agreements -- 1.2 European readmission agreements in the 1950s and 1960s -- 1.3 European readmission agreements in the 1990s -- 1.4 Early common readmission policy -- 1.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 International law obligations to readmit persons -- 2.1 Own nationals -- 2.1.1 The right to return and the right to expel -- 2.2.2 Possible challenges to the customary rule to readmit own nationals -- 2.1.2.1 Practical and procedural obstacles to the readmission of own nationals -- 2.1.2.2 The proliferation of readmission agreements -- 2.1.2.3 Readmission agreements and quid pro quo -- 2.2 Third country nationals -- 2.2.1 The principle of neighbourliness -- 2.2.2 Protection seekers -- 2.3 Former nationals -- 2.4 Persons formally recognised as refugees or stateless persons -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 The reasons for a common readmission policy -- 3.1 The motivation for having a common policy on readmission -- 3.1.1 The relation between the common readmission policy and the free movement of persons -- 3.1.2 Using the negotiating weight of the Community -- 3.2 The objectives of the common readmission policy -- 3.2.1 Fight unauthorised immigration by facilitating return -- 3.2.2 Establish migration control in third countries -- 3.2.3 Stimulate the negotiation of readmission between third countries -- 3.2.4 Complement safe third country policies -- 3.2.5 Build reception capacity in third countries -- 3.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 The competence to conclude Community readmission agreements -- 4.1 The legal basis in EC law -- 4.2 The controversy over the nature of the competence -- 4.3 The principle of subsidiarity.
4.4 The rules governing the sharing of competence -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The content of Community readmission agreements -- 5.1 Negotiating directives and the informal standard draft agreement -- 5.2 Discarded content - Community responsibility for readmittees -- 5.3 Annotated content of Community readmission agreements -- 5.3.1 Preamble -- 5.3.2 Definitions -- 5.3.3 Readmission of nationals and former nationals -- 5.3.4 Readmission of third country nationals and stateless persons -- 5.3.5 Readmission procedure -- 5.3.5.1 Prior communication -- 5.3.5.2 Means of evidence -- 5.3.5.3 Time limits -- 5.3.5.4 Transfer and transportation -- 5.3.5.5 Re-readmission -- 5.3.6 Transit for return purposes -- 5.3.7 Costs -- 5.3.8 Data protection -- 5.3.9 Non-affection clause -- 5.3.10 Joint readmission committee -- 5.3.11 Implementing protocols -- 5.3.12 Relation with bilateral Member State readmission agreements or arrangements -- 5.3.13 Territorial application -- 5.3.14 Entry into force, duration and termination -- 5.3.15 Annexes and joint declarations -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Integrating readmission into EU external relations -- 6.1 General policy guidelines -- 6.2 Readmission and support -- 6.2.1 External relations assistance programmes -- 6.2.2 JHA funding of migration cooperation with third countries -- 6.2.2.1 The B7-667 budget-line -- 6.2.2.2 The Aeneas Regulation -- 6.2.3 Migrants' remittances -- 6.2.4 European Neighbourhood policy -- 6.3 Readmission or punishment -- 6.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 The negotiation of Community readmission agreements -- 7.1 The selection of readmission countries -- 7.1.1 1999 - impromptu selection and political appropriateness -- 7.1.2 2002 - first strategic considerations -- 7.1.3 2002 - consolidating the number of directives -- 7.1.4 2004 - deepening before widening -- 7.1.5 2006 - new mandates.
7.1.6 The double standard in selecting readmission countries -- 7.2 The state of negotiations -- 7.2.1 Morocco -- 7.2.2 Pakistan -- 7.2.3 Russia -- 7.2.4 Sri Lanka -- 7.2.5 Hong Kong and Macao -- 7.2.6 Ukraine -- 7.2.7 Albania -- 7.2.8 Algeria -- 7.2.9 China -- 7.2.10 Turkey -- 7.2.11 Western Balkans and Moldova -- 7.3 The readmission negotiations - observations -- 7.3.1 General assessment of the negotiation results -- 7.3.2 The strategy of the readmission countries -- 7.3.3 The Council's insistence on responsibility for transit migration -- 7.3.4 The Commission's quest for negotiating leverage -- 7.3.5 Between support and punishment - expansion of the Commission's negotiating arsenal -- 7.3.6 The continued pursuit of Member State readmission policies -- 7.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Readmission clauses -- 8.1 From readmission clause to migration management clause -- 8.2 The negotiation, practical meaning, and continued relevance of readmission clauses -- 8.3 The migration management clause and the extension of international refugee protection -- 8.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Community readmission agreements and the international protection of refugees -- 9.1 Protection concerns raised by readmission agreements -- 9.2 International protection obligations regarding expulsion to third countries -- 9.2.1 General principle and demarcation of the analysis -- 9.2.1.1 General principle of analysis -- 9.2.1.2 Demarcation of the analysis -- 9.2.2 The 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees -- 9.2.2.1 Indirect refoulement -- 9.2.2.2 Status determination and right to residence -- 9.2.2.3 Additional standards drawn from the GC -- 9.2.2.3.1 Additional GC standards -- 9.2.2.3.2 Additional standards implicit in Article 33(1) GC -- 9.2.2.4 Extraterritorial applicability of Article 33(1) GC.
9.2.3 The European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms -- 9.2.3.1 Article 3 ECHR as an implicit prohibition of refoulement -- 9.2.3.2 Indirect refoulement -- 9.2.3.3 Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment -- 9.2.3.3.1 Lack of basic means of subsistence -- 9.2.3.3.2 Chain expulsion -- 9.2.3.3.2.1 Chain expulsion as a new form of protection seekers "in orbit" -- 9.2.3.3.2.2 The European Commission of Human Rights -- 9.2.3.3.2.3 Chain expulsion in light of Soering v. the United Kingdom -- 9.2.3.4 Status determination -- 9.2.3.4.1 General requirements for the examination of protection claims -- 9.2.3.4.2 Expulsion to a third country -- 9.2.3.4.2.1 Status determination before expulsion -- 9.2.3.4.2.2 Status determination as a safety condition -- 9.2.3.4.3 Onward expulsion to a "fourth" country -- 9.2.3.4.4 Interim conclusion -- 9.2.3.5 Extraterritorial application of Article 3 ECHR -- 9.2.4 Interim conclusion -- 9.3 Compatibility of Community readmission agreements with international refugee protection obligations -- 9.3.1 The common safe third country policy -- 9.3.1.1 Safe third country exceptions under the procedures Directive -- 9.3.1.1.1 "Safe third countries" -- 9.3.1.1.1.1 Safety criteria -- 9.3.1.1.1.2 Procedural safeguards -- 9.3.1.1.2 "European safe third countries" -- 9.3.1.1.2.1 Safety criteria -- 9.3.1.1.2.2 Procedural safeguards -- 9.3.1.2 The general relation between the procedures Directive and international protection obligations -- 9.3.1.3 Compatibility of the common safe third country policy with international protection obligations -- 9.3.1.3.1 Procedural safeguards -- 9.3.1.3.2 Safety criteria -- 9.3.2 Community readmission agreements -- 9.3.2.1 The relation between Community readmission agreements and international protection obligations.
9.3.2.2 Readmission of protection seekers as unauthorised immigrants -- 9.3.2.3 The conclusion of Community readmission agreements with unsafe countries -- 9.3.2.4 Incorporation of protection safeguards into Community readmission agreements -- 9.3.2.4.1 Prior notification -- 9.3.2.4.2 Explicit reference to non-refoulement -- 9.3.2.4.3 Status determination by the requested State -- 9.4 Conclusion -- II Conclusions -- II.i The supposed effects of readmission agreements -- II.ii The limited success of the common readmission policy -- II.iii Community readmission agreements and international refugee protection -- Annex 1 Community readmission agreement with Albania -- Annex 2 1995 standard readmission clause -- Annex 3 1996 standard readmission clause -- Annex 4 1999 standard readmission clause -- Annex 5 Migration management clause -- Bibliography -- Index.
Offering a comprehensive analysis of readmission agreements, this book examines the intersection of immigration and human rights law and the complex interplay between international, regional and national norms. It makes a robust challenge to prevailing perspectives in legal scholarship and policy on readmission and refugee protection.
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