Comments on the Communication from the Commission on a more Efficient Common European Asylum System

ECRE reiterates its belief that EU Member States should take a holistic approach to the task of adopting legislation in order to ensure that the legal instruments are both complementary and coherent. ECRE has consistently advocated that it is both in the interests of Member States and asylum applicants that the same procedure, with the same minimum guarantees, determines whether an applicant may qualify for protection under the 1951 Geneva Convention or whether s/he may qualify for protection on international human rights grounds. ECRE therefore supports, in principle, the proposal for a single asylum procedure as the clearest and quickest means of identifying those in need of international protection.

Comments on a more Efficient Common European Asylum System Communication (52.51 KB)