Redefining the Limits of Refugee Protection? -- The Securitised Asylum Policies of the 'Common European Asylum System'

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dc.contributor.authorHattrell, Felicity Ruth
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-17T22:14:21Z
dc.date.available2011-07-17T22:14:21Z
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis employs discourse analysis to examine the human rights contradictions contained in the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). It follows the development of the CEAS since its inception in 1999. However, the principal emphasis of the thesis falls on the scope for realising a rights-based asylum regime in the post-Lisbon context. The research takes the form of policy analysis, and is grounded in a human rights framework of inquiry. This human rights perspective is used to examine the normative and legal inconsistencies inherent to the EU’s securitised approach to asylum, and to put forward suggestions for an approach to asylum in the EU, which engenders a rights-based approach to protection. The analysis of contemporary EU asylum policy and practice demonstrates the extent to which securitisation is present in EU asylum policymaking. It shows that, until the security paradigm in this policy area is supplanted, the realisation of a rights-based asylum system in the EU will not be possible. It also addresses the further challenges to the realisation of the EU as a ‘single asylum space,’ which stem from the limitations in the current instruments of the acquis, most notably the absence of burden-sharing mechanisms to ensure that the EU’s humanitarian obligations are shared equally amongst Member States. The recent ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon holds significant potential for the development of a rights-based asylum regime in the EU. However, it remains in question whether Member States have the political will necessary to accomplish this.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/5311
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26021/3928
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. National Centre for Research on Europeen
dc.relation.isreferencedbyNZCUen
dc.rightsCopyright Felicity Ruth Hattrellen
dc.rights.urihttps://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/thesesen
dc.subjectrefugeeen
dc.subjectpolicyen
dc.subjectEuropeen
dc.subjectCEASen
dc.subjectEUen
dc.subjectTreaty of Lisbonen
dc.subjectsecuritisationen
dc.subjectrightsen
dc.subject'Fortress Europe'en
dc.titleRedefining the Limits of Refugee Protection? -- The Securitised Asylum Policies of the 'Common European Asylum System'en
dc.typeTheses / Dissertations
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Canterburyen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen
uc.collegeFaculty of Artsen
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