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Remarks by Ms Erika Feller, Assistant UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Public Hearing on the Future Common European Asylum System
7 November 2007, Brussels
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Introduction |
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Thank you very much for the invitation to participate today in consultations on the future Common European Asylum System (CEAS). The very notion of an Asylum System common to twenty-seven countries is ambitious, forward-looking and entirely unprecedented.
UNHCR welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. It is positive to see that such a wide range of stakeholders have offered substantive input through their responses to the Commission’s ‘Green Paper’. UNHCR’s written response to the Green Paper is publicly available, and is considerably more detailed than my comments today, which, given the short time available, will only be able to focus on the overarching themes we find important.
UNHCR has a particular interest in the development of the European Union’s asylum laws, policy and practice. Refugee protection is our core mandate. It is our direct responsibility to assist states in making sure that people who need international protection in
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Need for comprehensive evaluation of first phase legal measures |
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Next steps for the legal framework: key challenges |
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First, providing access to fair and effective asylum procedures:
Second, it is vital to address the divergent approaches taken to protection needs by Member States
Third, we believe that the responsibilities of key EU institutions for the development of the Common European Asylum System should be more clearly defined and exercised
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Conclusion |
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