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For more than two decades, Member States of the European Union have been trying to harmonise and ... more For more than two decades, Member States of the European Union have been trying to harmonise and integrate asylum policies to share the physical and financial burdens that asylum seekers carry. The EU is working toward a system, called Common European Asylum System, on how to share these burdens. The future CEAS has a legal cornerstone, namely the ‘Dublin’ rules. According to the basic Dublin rule only one state can be held responsible for an asylum application. To help states commit to the Dublin rule, strengthen CEAS, and to make sure that MSs act upon international obligations regarding the human rights of asylum seekers, the EU has established a European Asylum Support Office. My research regarding the reasons behind the route towards this increased cooperation answers the following research question: How can increased cooperation between member states be explained through burden-sharing within the field of asylum migration?
The motivations of MSs to comply with the EU burden-sharing initiatives can be explained through International Relations theory: via the logic of benefits (neo-realism) and the logic of appropriateness (constructivism). My research has shown that MSs acted and still act upon the logic of benefits; their actions have had and still have implications for the lives of asylum seekers as shown in the case study (Lampedusa). In this thesis, I also emphasise the important role of EASO to convince MSs to take responsibility for the asylum seekers and to show that the EU can be a safe harbour for people applying for asylum. If Mss take their responsibility, it will create credibility with respect to the EU. It will show the EU complies with its international obligations to protect people in the need of protection. The latter is extremely important if the EU wants to make the future CEAS a credible and enduring system in reality.
For more than two decades, Member States of the European Union have been trying to harmonise and ... more For more than two decades, Member States of the European Union have been trying to harmonise and integrate asylum policies to share the physical and financial burdens that asylum seekers carry. The EU is working toward a system, called Common European Asylum System, on how to share these burdens. The future CEAS has a legal cornerstone, namely the ‘Dublin’ rules. According to the basic Dublin rule only one state can be held responsible for an asylum application. To help states commit to the Dublin rule, strengthen CEAS, and to make sure that MSs act upon international obligations regarding the human rights of asylum seekers, the EU has established a European Asylum Support Office. My research regarding the reasons behind the route towards this increased cooperation answers the following research question: How can increased cooperation between member states be explained through burden-sharing within the field of asylum migration?
The motivations of MSs to comply with the EU burden-sharing initiatives can be explained through International Relations theory: via the logic of benefits (neo-realism) and the logic of appropriateness (constructivism). My research has shown that MSs acted and still act upon the logic of benefits; their actions have had and still have implications for the lives of asylum seekers as shown in the case study (Lampedusa). In this thesis, I also emphasise the important role of EASO to convince MSs to take responsibility for the asylum seekers and to show that the EU can be a safe harbour for people applying for asylum. If Mss take their responsibility, it will create credibility with respect to the EU. It will show the EU complies with its international obligations to protect people in the need of protection. The latter is extremely important if the EU wants to make the future CEAS a credible and enduring system in reality.