A mother and her baby in a reception centre for asylum seekers in the Czech Republic. © UNHCR/L.Taylor
UNHCR comments on EU asylum law and policy

UNHCR's observations on EC law and EU policy development on asylum, refugee protection and other issues relevant to the work of UNHCR. Among other subjects, the comments address current proposals and adopted texts, initatives and programmes, including those of the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission.

Latest:

UNHCR Position on the Return of Asylum-Seekers to Greece under the "Dublin Regulation"
[15 April 2008, pdf, 98Kb]
UNHCR Observations on the Commission Proposal for a Council Directive Amending Directive 2003/109/EC Establishing a Long-Term Residence Status to Extend its Scope to Beneficiaries of International Protection
[29 February 2008, pdf, 93Kb]
UNHCR Statement on Subsidiary Protection Under the EC Qualification Directive for People Threatened by Indiscriminate Violence
[January 2008, pdf, 242Kb]
"Terrorism as a Global Phenomenon", UNHCR presentation to the Joint Seminar of the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) and Committee on Article 36 (CATS)
[17 January 2008, pdf, 64Kb]

List of UNHCR Observations on EU Policy
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UNHCR Tool Boxes on EU Asylum Matters
 An essential companion for those involved in EU migration and asylum issues.


European Union
 Asylum and refugee protection on the EU website (external link)

See also:

Refworld online


Asylum in the European Union
A study of the implementation of the qualification directive, published November 2007

The Dublin II Regulation: A UNHCR Discussion Paper
Published April 2006


High Commissioner Guterres' Address to EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers
Brussels, December 6, 2007


News stories from UNHCR on European asylum issues