ASILE: Global Asylum Governance and the EU's role

Horizon Europe

Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Jordan, Niger, Serbia, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey

1 December 2019 –

31 March 2024

About

Assessing asylum governance systems, their key instruments and actors at the international, national and EU level.

Asylum governance instruments, including those referred to in the UN Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) as ‘legal and complementary pathways’, involve sophisticated forms of contained mobility in their design or practical implementation.
The concepts of ‘refugee’ and ‘protection’ remain contested across many jurisdictions around the world.
The continued or prevailing misuse and proliferation of policies focused on containment, deterrence, pre-entry screening, the mandatory use of expedited border procedures, and de facto/de jure detention have led to well-documented violations of human rights and the rule of law.
The existence and interplay of multiple instruments and actors in asylum governance regimes complicate the attribution of international responsibility in cases of violations of international refugee law and human rights.

Policy Brief – rights and responsibilities in implementing the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees
Thematic Policy Briefs – insights into migration and asylum in Turkey, Tunisia, South Africa, Jordan, Bangladesh, Greece.
Policy Brief – addressing protection implications of EU extra-territorial migration cooperation
Policy Brief – Shortcomings in EU cooperation for externalization of asylum: lessons from Niger, Serbia, Tunisia and Turkey
Policy Brief – best practices to foster refugee agency in complementary pathways for refugees in Canada
Global Portal – interactive web platform to access ASILE research findings, reports and outputs on the UN Global Compact on Refugees