Determining Refugee Status in the European Context: The Legal and Institutional Framework

Setting the Scene

“…In rhetoric, Global North countries show their commitments and dedication to the refugee regime while on the other hand, against humanitarian interests, implement stricter policies on border control and immigration (Orchard, 2016;Sandelind, 2017). In practice, it is observed that states jettison the legal framework for protection of asylum claimants by refusing admission and returning them to a country they used as passage, or the country of origin or another unsafe country without examining whether their claim is genuine or not (Dahlvik, 2018). Ziegler (2015) pointed out that Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers were adjudicated individually in their refugee claims but simultaneously adjudged as not qualified for refugee status by Israeli migration officials.…”