This contribution explains the European asylum policy crisis from three structural weaknesses of the Common European Asylum System: its reliance on coercion within the EU; its unrealistic expectations of what borders can achieve; and the premise of prohibition of refugee movement in its external...

The entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam on 1 May 1999 marked the transformation of the legal framework where the process of European integration in the field of asylum was to take place. This paper shall focus on the analysis of the legal issues derived from the establishment of an...