How common are the EU:s common standards?

EU Member States are bound by common rules and standards for migration and asylum. Despite the common asylum system at EU level, EU Member States still have discretion over the application of these rules. What are the regulations regarding people seeking protection in the EU Member States and what do Swedish regulations look like in comparison?

This comparative study examines EU members’ regulations on asylum. A special focus is given to the legislation of Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and Greece to understand how the countries’ regulations differ and in what regards they converge.

Authors of the report are Vladislava Stoyanova, associate professor at the Department of Law, Lund University and Eleni Karageorgiou, postdoctoral fellow also at the Department of Law, Lund University. During the seminar, Delmi's new report How common are the common EU standards? Swedish asylum legislation from a European perspective (2022:6) will be presented. The seminar will be held in English with participants from both Sweden and abroad.

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Vladislava Stoyanova, associate professor at the Department of Law, Lund University, and report author.

Eleni Karageorgiou, postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Law, Lund University, and report author.

Rebecca Stern, professor of Public International Law at the Department of Law, Uppsala University.

Catherine Woollard, director at European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE).

May-Ann Ramsay, senior expert at DG Home, the EU-Commission.

Moderator: Bernd Parusel, senior researcher in political science at the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS).

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