This analysis from Statewatch, based mainly on documents which are not publicly available, concludes:
"In practice countries which apply this principle consider that some states with very questionable human rights records are ;safe countries of origin’"
"Now Member States will apparently be free in any and all cases to deny applicants the right to stay in the country pending decisions on their appeals"
"With its decision to require Member States to lower their standards as regards asylum law, the JHA Council has crossed the Rubicon. The Council is no longer solely setting minimum standards for protection, which already runs the risk of a competitive ‘race to the bottom’ by Member States, reducing levels of protection in order to deter claims. Now it is at least partly in the business of forcing them to lower standards, setting a low ceiling for protection rather than a low floor"
The analysis is on: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/nov/04asylum.htm
Statewatch: Monitoring the state and civil liberties in Europe
PO Box 1516, London, N16 0EW. UK
http://www.statewatch.org or in our Links section.
"In practice countries which apply this principle consider that some states with very questionable human rights records are ;safe countries of origin’"
"Now Member States will apparently be free in any and all cases to deny applicants the right to stay in the country pending decisions on their appeals"
"With its decision to require Member States to lower their standards as regards asylum law, the JHA Council has crossed the Rubicon. The Council is no longer solely setting minimum standards for protection, which already runs the risk of a competitive ‘race to the bottom’ by Member States, reducing levels of protection in order to deter claims. Now it is at least partly in the business of forcing them to lower standards, setting a low ceiling for protection rather than a low floor"
The analysis is on: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/nov/04asylum.htm
Statewatch: Monitoring the state and civil liberties in Europe
PO Box 1516, London, N16 0EW. UK
http://www.statewatch.org or in our Links section.