CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Kover, Zsuzsa |
|---|---|
| Title | Moral Principles of Refugee Protection in the European Union: Rhetoric and Reality |
| Summary | The European Union Asylum is an important actor in refugee protection. To support and maintain this goal the EU has formulated a Common European Asylum System based on core values and principles agreed. As asylum is an ethical issue, these principles should include moral values as well. How states respond to the challenges of asylum seekers at their borders and how they examine cases, is various. Some are more open but some have restricted approaches. The thesis aims to understand where the European Union is situated in the morality of protection. As the guidelines formulated throughout the years would suggest: solidarity among Member States, the responsibility to protect, the right to asylum and the humanitarian tradition of Europe are emphasized, these should be presented in EU policies. However, the policies themselves and their implementation suggest the contrary. The reality shows that the policies of the EU have no specific relation with the values agreed upon. The thesis analyzes the relation between the moral principles and policies implemented through the case of the Dublin II. Regulation and its implementation in Greece. The findings will reveal that Member States might implement policies in an unlikely way but the contradictions already start from the level of the principles. |
| Supervisor | Nagy, Boldizsar |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/kover_zsuzsa.pdf |
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