Improving Asylum Systems
At present huge differences remain in the quality and capacity of national asylum systems which makes claiming asylum a lottery for refugees arriving in Europe. In February 2006 the EU published a paper calling for strengthened practical cooperation among Member States’ asylum services in working towards the goal of achieving a Common European Asylum System by 2010. ECRE believes that states, UNHCR, and NGOs should work together to help improve the quality of asylum decision-making by sharing expertise, information and best practice. Expert support teams should be set up to channel resources to countries with less developed asylum infrastructures. As a starting point independent monitoring mechanisms should be established to identify gaps in existing decision-making procedures and extra resources needed to fill these gaps. |
Position Papers Position on Asylum Seeking and Refugee Women Responses & Recommendations |