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09/11/2015 09:10
It is wrong to assume that all asylum-seekers from those countries economic migrants. In many cases, minorities such as the Roma are trying to escape from the systematic discrimination.
BAGHDAD / Obelisk: the European Union is considering opening its doors to more refugees, while looking for ways to shut them down in front of asylum seekers from other countries, according to published IRIN site "Irene", and I followed, "the obelisk."
When the ministers of interior and justice affairs will meet in an emergency summit on the refugee crisis in Brussels next Monday, will include the agenda once again an item (they study it years ago) the preparation of a joint list of "safe countries of origin" in order to be applied to asylum seekers throughout the European Union .
According to the EU directive on asylum procedures, can a Member State determines that the state as a "safe" if they are free from persecution and random violence and armed conflict in general (all EU countries automatically considered safe countries of origin).
It should be noted that many of the EU countries already have lists of safe their own countries of origin, which are used to help administrators determine asylum claims that are likely to not be true, and thus can be resolved quickly or processed at the border. But the lists of safe countries of origin currently vary from one member state to another, where countries such as Senegal show, for example, in the lists used by France and Germany, but not in those used by Britain and Belgium. Also, some countries do not use the lists of safe countries of origin at all.
In this context, Celine Pauloz, associate professor at the initiative of refugee law at University College London, said, "The usefulness of a common list in the EU is to avoid a state considered more attractive by asylum seekers, compared to other Member States."
But critics of the idea warn that it would be detrimental to many genuine asylum-seekers.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and confirms that the requests made by the citizens of the safe countries still need to study "individually based on their merits." But Pauloz confirmed that on the ground, make speed to decide on applications from citizens of safe countries of origin is very difficult for asylum seekers to prove their need for protection, "from my point of view, will increase the EU's list of institutionalized to make accelerated decisions that do not provide suitable for asylum guarantees that asylum applications are adjudicated properly, "he added.
In the past year, violence in the east of Ukraine claimed the lives of 7,000 people and left 16,000 injured, while five million people became in need of humanitarian assistance.
However, Ukraine still included on the lists of safe countries of origin in Britain, Bulgaria and Luxembourg, although the United Nations recommendations deleted. Of the 76 Ukraine applied for asylum in Britain, it has been approved only one application during the period from April-June.
Anton did not feel safe in Ukraine. In 2014, in his home city of Donetsk devastated by war to Belgium, where he awaits a decision on granting refugee status left.
In an interview with IRIN (IRIN), Anton said: "Although I think that Ukraine is safe for most people, it is certainly not safe for some people. I left because of threats and intimidation by pro-Russian because of the active positions of the pro-Ukraine. It was Many of my listing on blacklists, including all my personal information: Picture, and my telephone number and my address, and links to social networking sites for me. "
Anton hopes to accept his application in Belgium, that Ukraine was not included on the list of safe countries of origin own
It is expected to include the Western Balkans, including Serbia and Kosovo, in a joint list prepared by the European Union, but in 2014, came asylum claims from citizens of Western Balkan countries to the EU in second place after requests from the Syrians requests, rarely It was being recognized. It can accede to the Balkans places like India, Georgia, Haiti, Algeria, Mongolia - a country also suffers from a very low recognition of refugees in most Member States rates.
For its part, is pressing Germany, which receive far the most asylum applications in the EU, in order to prepare a list of safe countries at EU level. In the past year, she controversially Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia to the list of their own safe countries, German politicians are keen now to add three other countries, Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro.
Asylum claims from citizens of the Balkan countries, Germany requests have been flooded. The head of the Federal Migration and Refugees Office, Manfred Schmidt, a recent magazine Der Spiegel that 40 percent of current requests for asylum in Germany came from the citizens of the Balkans. He pointed out that it is rarely recognized as refugees.
Weaver mostly of despair and poverty in their home countries, but Marco Knudsen, an activist defending the rights of Roma Roma residing in Hamburg, said it would be wrong to assume that all asylum-seekers from those countries economic migrants. In many cases, minorities such as the Roma are trying to escape from the systematic discrimination.
He added that "safe countries could be safe for the majority of the population, but not for the Roma, because the situation of the Roma in the Balkans worse than" any other place "in Europe."
Group Managing Director Paul Dillen explained that "Nigeria and South Africa, Sierra Leone and Ghana from countries that have them fleeing agents of persecution because of their nature and the people they love, however, they are all the countries on the list of safe countries in the United Kingdom."
It is believed that the preparation of the list of safe countries of origin at the EU level would increase the risk of taking unjust decisions on the granting of refugee status.
"Everyone should be evaluated on the basis of merit. If someone said that his life is in danger, the request deserves an assessment of a very serious, but the lists of safe countries of origin encourage generalization," he added.
According to James Hathaway, leading expert in the field of international refugee law at the University of Michigan, that the concept of lists of safe countries of origin is moving in the wrong direction.
He explained that "Europe acting on the wrong impression that the whole can be considered a safe country. There is nothing can be described as a safe country of origin. I have produced all the world's refugees, including Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom."
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09/11/2015 09:10
It is wrong to assume that all asylum-seekers from those countries economic migrants. In many cases, minorities such as the Roma are trying to escape from the systematic discrimination.
BAGHDAD / Obelisk: the European Union is considering opening its doors to more refugees, while looking for ways to shut them down in front of asylum seekers from other countries, according to published IRIN site "Irene", and I followed, "the obelisk."
When the ministers of interior and justice affairs will meet in an emergency summit on the refugee crisis in Brussels next Monday, will include the agenda once again an item (they study it years ago) the preparation of a joint list of "safe countries of origin" in order to be applied to asylum seekers throughout the European Union .
According to the EU directive on asylum procedures, can a Member State determines that the state as a "safe" if they are free from persecution and random violence and armed conflict in general (all EU countries automatically considered safe countries of origin).
It should be noted that many of the EU countries already have lists of safe their own countries of origin, which are used to help administrators determine asylum claims that are likely to not be true, and thus can be resolved quickly or processed at the border. But the lists of safe countries of origin currently vary from one member state to another, where countries such as Senegal show, for example, in the lists used by France and Germany, but not in those used by Britain and Belgium. Also, some countries do not use the lists of safe countries of origin at all.
In this context, Celine Pauloz, associate professor at the initiative of refugee law at University College London, said, "The usefulness of a common list in the EU is to avoid a state considered more attractive by asylum seekers, compared to other Member States."
But critics of the idea warn that it would be detrimental to many genuine asylum-seekers.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and confirms that the requests made by the citizens of the safe countries still need to study "individually based on their merits." But Pauloz confirmed that on the ground, make speed to decide on applications from citizens of safe countries of origin is very difficult for asylum seekers to prove their need for protection, "from my point of view, will increase the EU's list of institutionalized to make accelerated decisions that do not provide suitable for asylum guarantees that asylum applications are adjudicated properly, "he added.
In the past year, violence in the east of Ukraine claimed the lives of 7,000 people and left 16,000 injured, while five million people became in need of humanitarian assistance.
However, Ukraine still included on the lists of safe countries of origin in Britain, Bulgaria and Luxembourg, although the United Nations recommendations deleted. Of the 76 Ukraine applied for asylum in Britain, it has been approved only one application during the period from April-June.
Anton did not feel safe in Ukraine. In 2014, in his home city of Donetsk devastated by war to Belgium, where he awaits a decision on granting refugee status left.
In an interview with IRIN (IRIN), Anton said: "Although I think that Ukraine is safe for most people, it is certainly not safe for some people. I left because of threats and intimidation by pro-Russian because of the active positions of the pro-Ukraine. It was Many of my listing on blacklists, including all my personal information: Picture, and my telephone number and my address, and links to social networking sites for me. "
Anton hopes to accept his application in Belgium, that Ukraine was not included on the list of safe countries of origin own
It is expected to include the Western Balkans, including Serbia and Kosovo, in a joint list prepared by the European Union, but in 2014, came asylum claims from citizens of Western Balkan countries to the EU in second place after requests from the Syrians requests, rarely It was being recognized. It can accede to the Balkans places like India, Georgia, Haiti, Algeria, Mongolia - a country also suffers from a very low recognition of refugees in most Member States rates.
For its part, is pressing Germany, which receive far the most asylum applications in the EU, in order to prepare a list of safe countries at EU level. In the past year, she controversially Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia to the list of their own safe countries, German politicians are keen now to add three other countries, Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro.
Asylum claims from citizens of the Balkan countries, Germany requests have been flooded. The head of the Federal Migration and Refugees Office, Manfred Schmidt, a recent magazine Der Spiegel that 40 percent of current requests for asylum in Germany came from the citizens of the Balkans. He pointed out that it is rarely recognized as refugees.
Weaver mostly of despair and poverty in their home countries, but Marco Knudsen, an activist defending the rights of Roma Roma residing in Hamburg, said it would be wrong to assume that all asylum-seekers from those countries economic migrants. In many cases, minorities such as the Roma are trying to escape from the systematic discrimination.
He added that "safe countries could be safe for the majority of the population, but not for the Roma, because the situation of the Roma in the Balkans worse than" any other place "in Europe."
Group Managing Director Paul Dillen explained that "Nigeria and South Africa, Sierra Leone and Ghana from countries that have them fleeing agents of persecution because of their nature and the people they love, however, they are all the countries on the list of safe countries in the United Kingdom."
It is believed that the preparation of the list of safe countries of origin at the EU level would increase the risk of taking unjust decisions on the granting of refugee status.
"Everyone should be evaluated on the basis of merit. If someone said that his life is in danger, the request deserves an assessment of a very serious, but the lists of safe countries of origin encourage generalization," he added.
According to James Hathaway, leading expert in the field of international refugee law at the University of Michigan, that the concept of lists of safe countries of origin is moving in the wrong direction.
He explained that "Europe acting on the wrong impression that the whole can be considered a safe country. There is nothing can be described as a safe country of origin. I have produced all the world's refugees, including Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom."
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