EU Law: Non-EU Nationals and the Refugee Crisis Flashcards

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1
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What does AFSJ stand for?

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Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

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What other category is included in AFSJ, other than as hinted by the acronym?

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Immigration

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What does the AFSJ indicate?

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An amalgamation of justice and home affairs policies

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What kind of community did the Maastricht Treaty intend to create?

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EU political and economic community

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Why did Maastricht include justice and home affairs in pillar 3?

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To attempt to do more in justice, immigration and areas of conflict of law intergovernmentally

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Did pillar 3 encompass intergovernmental or supranational powers?

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Intergovernmental

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What Treaty included justice and home affairs in pillar 3?

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Maastricht Treaty

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What does Schengen indicate?

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An area without internal borders

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What is Schengen closely connected to?

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Pillar 3 and the AFSJ

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What does Schengen arise from?

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A Convention

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Who is NOT in Schengen from EU?

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UK and Ireland

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What is an example of a non-EU Member in Schengen?

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Lichtenstein

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13
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What Treaty finalised the incorporation of the AFSJ into the ‘mainstream’ of EU policies?

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Lisbon

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14
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Why did Lisbon mainstream AFSJ into mainstream EU policies?

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To do away with border control

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15
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Where are the main objectives of EU immigration policy found?

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Articles 77 - 79 TFEU

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Gives some examples of the main objectives set out in Articles 77 - 79 TFEU

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No intra-EU controls, management of external borders, common asylum and visa policy, management of migration flows, treatment of non-EU nationals legally resident in a Member and fighting illegal immigration

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What common policies are an objective in Articles 77 - 79 TFEU?

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Common asylum and vida policy

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What policy is management of migration flows part of in Articles 77 - 79 TFEU?

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Economic policy to compensate for waging population

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To what level do Articles 77 - 79 TFEU envisage management of external borders?

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Equal level with goods, with strong external borders due to customs duties and need for equivalence

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20
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Why did Ireland not take part in Schengen?

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UK required Ireland to not take part or break common travel area between the two countries.

21
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Can UK and Ireland choose to participate in Schengen instruments?

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Yes

22
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What can stop UK and Ireland participating in Schengen?

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Veto right of members of Schengen

23
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What has the UK always asked for in founding Treaties?

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An ‘opt out’

24
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What does an ‘opt out’ allow the UK to do in the AFSJ?

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Say if they wish to be a part of any new instruments created therin

25
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Name three policy objectives which cause tension in EU law

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Immigration policy, national security, sovereignty, drive for solidarity and humanitarian issues

26
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What has the refugee crisis caused Members to do?

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Abandon open FM regime and return to checking their borders

27
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What is the main objective of EU asylum policy?

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To harmonise asylum refugee law across the EU

28
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What idea is the EU asylum policy based on?

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We can achieve everything through rules - no agency, no federation needed etc.

29
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Name the three core elements of EU asylum policy

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International protection, 1951 Geneva Convention and the Dublin Regulations

30
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What are the two categories of international protection projected by EU asylum policy?

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Pure and subsidiary refugees

31
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What are subsidiary refugees?

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Those still in their origin, non-Member country

32
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What is the basis of the 1951 Geneva Convention?

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Refugees should be protected

33
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How does the EU base its asylum policy on the Geneva Convention?

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Directive with detailed rules so every Member should have the same outcome

34
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What shows that the detailed Directive, supposedly based on Geneva Convention, does not have the same outcome upon application in every Members?

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1 million out of 1.5 million refugees went to Germany last year

35
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Why are Germany more liberal on application of EU Directive for asylum policy?

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Constitutional principles which affect their interpretation of the Directive

36
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Where other than Germany can a liberal approach to asylum be seen?

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Sweden

37
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What number of Syrian refugees has the UK committed to, and over how many years?

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20,000 in 5 years

38
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What does the Dublin Regulation determine?

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State responsibility

39
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What is the main rule in the Dublin Regulation?

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Asylum claims should be decided by State in which the person first entered the EU

40
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What does the Dublin Reg mean in practice?

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Greece and Italy receive the vast majority of claims, because of migration from Africa

41
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What makes it even more concerning that Greece and Italy, due to Dublin Reg, receive the vast majority of asylum claims?

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Bad financial conditions

42
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NS v SoS for HD

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UK forced return of refugees to state of first entry counted as inhumane and degrading treatment due to systemic deficiencies in the primary first entry State

43
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What case shows the Dublin Regulations weaknesses in practice - systemic deficiencies?

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NS v SoS for HD

44
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Name two elements of the refugee crisis

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Pressure on States of first entry and unequal implementation of common rules

45
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Name at leas two responses to the refugee crisis

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Attempts to manage reception in first entry hot-spots, strengthening EU’s external borders, cooperation with non-EU countries and consideration of ending executive federalism in this area

46
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What is the name given to the type of organisation seen in the area of asylum policy?

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Executive federalism

47
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Why does executive federalism just not work in the area of asylum policy?

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No common institution to deal with asylum claims anywhere in the EU, and unequal implementation of common rules

48
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What country in particular have the EU started to cooperate with to respond to refugee crisis?

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Turkey